Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism

Blood Year is an honest, self-critical analysis of the collapse of Western counterterrorism strategy, by one of its original architects. As a counterterrorism officer and Chief Strategist in the US State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, David Kilcullen helped shape policies that aimed to dismantle Al Qaeda and prevent further attacks. His insights reveal the strategy's failure to make us safer and its role in fostering new threats like ISIS. Kilcullen suggests that there may be even greater adversaries preparing for future conflicts, and he advocates for a thorough reimagining of how democracies confront terrorism.