Blood Year is an unsparingly honest, self-critical analysis of the collapse of w
estern counterterrorism strategy and the subsequent rise of Islamic State. As a
soldier, counterterrorism official, and Chief Strategist in the US State Departm
ent's Bureau of Counterterrorism, David Kilcullen was one of the original archit
ects of US and allied counterterrorism policy. Kilcullen's frank assessment - th
at the strategy he helped design has failed, that it has not made us safer, and
has contributed to new threats, including Islamic State - makes this short book
mandatory reading for anyone interested in how terrorism is confronted.
