Twilight Warriors, James Kitfield
Twilight Warriors, James Kitfield
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Twilight Warriors
The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War

Author: James Kitfield

Narrator: Tom Perkins

Unabridged: 15 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2016


Synopsis

When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, the longest conflict in our nation's history came to an end. Yet we are still at war—no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from Jihadi insurgents and nihilistic terrorists to narco-traffickers and modern-day pirates.

In Twilight Warriors, the award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together, these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a networkcentric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

If you want a one-book summary of the war on terror, at a high level, this is it. Kitfield is great at picking out the key highlights and describing the twists and turns of our 16 year long descent into continuous conflict. I subtract one star because Kitfield is a little too close to the military pe......more

Goodreads review by Jarrod

The major turn-off of this book has to be his unequivocal announcement of his politics and uneven handed analysis of political decisions. On one hand, Don Rumsfeld is a "neocon" and on the other, Obama's ramping up of targeted drone strikes doesn't make him a warmonger, but instead "suggested that h......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Since 9/11 the Intelligence communities and the US military have to been fighting non-stop, trying to stop terrorists and protect US citizens. This is the story of a handful of leaders from the FBI and the US Army and how their cooperation made a difference. Why I started the book: One of my guilty p......more

Goodreads review by Dan

This was one of the more surprising reads of the year. I picked this up in part for research, and in part for my enduring quest to understand the wars we as a country have engaged in over the past 15 plus years. As a veteran, I'm partial to advocating for better national security, but I'm also clear......more