Learning the Hard Way

Authors

John Callaway

Abstract

The October 2000 terrorist attack on the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) in the port of Aden, Yemen, is commonly viewed in the larger context of al-Qa‘ida’s September 11th campaign. Beyond the initial official investigations, the military force-protection context of the attack has largely been overlooked as analysts have traced the movements of al-Qa‘ida operatives who were traversing the globe at the time. But the proper context of the Cole bombing is a series of terrorist attacks against U.S. military forces abroad that started in 1983.

Recommended Citation

Callaway, John (2009) "Learning the Hard Way," Naval War College Review: Vol. 62: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol62/iss1/8