
High-Value Target
Countering Al Qaeda in Yemen
Potomac Books Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. April 2011
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-59797-679-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since its inception, al Qaeda has aspired to create a safe haven in Yemen,where it has operated against U.S. and Yemeni interests. From 2001 to 2004, when Edmund J. Hull was the American ambassador to Yemen, U.S. and Yemeni counterterrorism efforts successfully seized the initiative against al Qaeda, severely degrading its capabilities. During this period, al Qaeda mounted no successful operations against U.S. interests in Yemen and suffered the loss of its top leadership and cadres.High-Value Target tells the inside story of how al Qaeda's Yemeni safe haven was disrupted during Hull's tenure. A top counterterrorism official in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, Hull provides a detailed account of a team effort to build a strategic basis for U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism and to execute a broad strategy aimed at improving not only the security of Yemen but also its economic development.That strategy included launching successful strikes against al Qaeda's leadership; engaging in sustained, personal involvement in Yemen's remote tribal areas; and fostering Yemen's nascent democracy and civil society. Plagued by profound distrust, scarce resources, and constant threats, the U.S. diplomatic team encountered numerous obstacles but ultimately positioned Yemen on a path toward enhanced security and modest political progress.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dulles
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59797-679-4 (9781597976794)
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11/2011
Potomac Books Inc
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Persons
Amb. Edmund J. Hull is a retired Foreign Service officer and fluent Arabic speaker whose service includes Jerusalem, Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen. He earned the CIA's George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism for service in Washington (1999-2001) and a Presidential Meritorious Service Award for service in Yemen (2001-4). Following his retirement, he has taught at Princeton University and he currently consults for the U.S. military. He enjoys offshore sailing and resides in Washington, D.C., when not at sea.