Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History - Hardcover

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<b>A&#160;<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Nonfiction Book of the Year<br> A <i>Christian Science Monitor</i> Best Read of 2021</b><br><br> Al Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued with bombings and mayhem across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally undermine America and its allies.&#160;<br><br> Five years later the time was ripe for another spectacular mega-plot. Fresh from masterminding the London Underground carnage, one veteran operative set in motion a new operation to destroy&#160;passenger aircraft&#160;over the Atlantic Ocean&#8212;and kill thousands of people in the process. &#160;<br><br><i>Disruption</i>&#160;tells the story of that&#160;conspiracy&#160;and the heroic efforts by the intelligence services of the United States, Great Britain, and Pakistan&#160;to uncover and crush it. From the streets of London to the training camps of Pakistan to the corridors of power in Washington DC, the story unfolds with murders, double-crosses, probes, jailbreaks, and&#160;explosions.<br><br> Former&#160;counterterrorism analyst&#160;Aki J. Peritz brings the story to life with vivid imagery,&#160;interviews with top intelligence officials, and never-before-seen&#160;declassified documents.&#160;<i>Disruption</i>&#160;is&#160;the not-to-be-missed account of the race&#160;to stop a terrorist conspiracy that would have&#160;remade our&#160;world&#8212;forever.

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