TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chorin,Ethan Daniel
TI  - Benghazi!: a new history of the fiasco that pushed America and its world to the brink 
SN  - 9780306829727
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Hachette Books
KW  - Benghazi Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Africa, North
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Libya
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2009-2017
KW  - 2017-2021
KW  - 2021-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-368) and index; Pieces of a puzzle -- Risky business -- The attack and the scandal -- The world Benghazi made
N2  - "Ten years after an attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, cries of "Benghazi!" still echo across America. But instead of a landmark event to be taken seriously, it has become a punchline, an empty word, or a code for controversy and political theatre. In this thrilling retelling, Ethan Chorin reveals Benghazi as a watershed moment in American history, one that helped create the world America lives in today: polarized, fearful, and dangerously unstable. Here, Benghazi is not a story contained in 13 hours, but a decades-long history beginning with the rise of Muammar Gaddafi, stretching through 9/11, the War on Terror, and the Arab Spring, and reaching into the present day, as the impact of the attack and ensuing controversy remain visible in America and around the world. Chorin draws on his own bone-chilling experience during the Benghazi attack, his expertise as a former diplomat and scholar of Libyan history, and new interviews with Libyan insiders, eyewitnesses, and key players like Hillary Clinton and Ben Rhodes. With this ambitious, engaging narrative, Chorin makes clear why Benghazi still matters so much ten years later--and why we can't afford to continue overlooking and misunderstanding it. "--
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