About the Author

Richard Clarke was appointed by President Clinton as the first National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism in May 1998 and continued in that position under George W. Bush until March 2003.

Reviews

'This is an angry yet authoritative polemic that demands to be read by anyone interested in the exercise of American power' SUNDAY TIMES 'Mr Clarke's book is a rare literary phenomenon, a thriller, contemporary history and kiss-and-tell all rolled into one' THE TIMES 'This book is not just another hysterical anti-Bush polemic but a forensic glimpse into the entrails of government' SCOTSMAN

'This is an angry yet authoritative polemic that demands to be read by anyone interested in the exercise of American power' SUNDAY TIMES 'Mr Clarke's book is a rare literary phenomenon, a thriller, contemporary history and kiss-and-tell all rolled into one' THE TIMES 'This book is not just another hysterical anti-Bush polemic but a forensic glimpse into the entrails of government' SCOTSMAN