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During the 1980's the U.S. Government supported Al-Quaida in the fight against Russian forces in Afghanistan by supplying training, weapons, and support. During the next decade, Al-Quaida moved to Bosnia, and actively took part in that conflict, using the area as a recruiting and training ground, and moved from an isolated fighting force to a global menace. This book reveals previously unknown history and details, and explores hidden truths: the role of radical Islam in the Bosnian war; the role played by Al-Qaeda in this terrible conflict; how the U.S. government supported and encouraged radical groups at this time, and how Osama Bin Laden took advantage of this support to build the world's foremost terrorist organization. Written by a former intelligence analyst of the National Security agency, this is an insightful and controversial book about the policies and events that shaped the world we live in today and is required reading for anyone interested in our difficult times.

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"John R. Schindler is a professor of strategy at the Naval War College and a former National Security Agency intelligence analyst and counterintelligence officer. He speaks several languages and has published widely on issues of espionage, terrorism, and military history, including the periodicals War in History,"" the Journal of Strategic Studies,"" Orbis,"" Jane's Intelligence Review,"" and the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence."" His first book, Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War"" (2001), was a featured selection of the History Book Club. Professor Schlinder lives in Newport, Rhode Island."

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