Jawbreaker

The bottom line in this book is quite clear: US forces on the ground, consisting of fully integrated clandestine case officers, special operations teams, and selected allied operations officers, were able to find Bin Laden's final lair and track him as he escaped over the course of several days toward the Waziristan sanctuary in Pakistan. Also clear is the reluctance of CIA managers to press the President to order the military... Read Full Review

Gary Berntsen is the kind of guy I want defending our country. He's smart, cunning, aggressive and brave. He's out in the field getting the job done intelligently, while the bureaucrats back in Washington engage in second-guessing and back-room politics. He loves what he does and is good at it. Jawbreaker is a fascinating book because Berntsen has no political axe to grind. He simply tells it as it is. The CIA-led war in... Read Full Review

Get this book! Berntsen provides not only an exciting story (must-read, page-turner) as well as a lesson on how to operate in the field. Berntsen was THE field commander who ran the most effective campaign in U.S. history. It was quick and it was fast and it was also, by the way, economical. Berntsen and his team was outnumbered by 1,000 to 1. And yet they were able to improvise and to apply the resources at hand... Read Full Review

Looking for an adrenaline rush that makes you think? Get Jawbreaker. Gary Berntsen is a no-bull... kind of guy, who goes into the hottest spots and gets the job done. He was sent into Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban and corner Bin Laden, and that's what he did in record time, leaving the folks in DC and CENTCOM scratching their heads. Even when he had OBL cornered, General Franks and the military couldn't step up to the... Read Full Review

I picked up this book this morning and read it with straight through with a short break for lunch. It's a riveting account of the war in Afghanistan by the CIA operative who ran the war on the ground, and a fascinating inside look at the war on terrorism. I found it very exciting to read and eye-opening. Most importantlly, I finished Jawbreaker feeling that I understand better than ever the challenges of fighting the war on... Read Full Review