MI Library Home: Battle AFRICOM: Benghazi

Basic Information

"Attackers set the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, on fire on September 11, 2012. The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other U.S. nationals were killed during the attack. The Obama administration initially thought the attack was carried out by an angry mob responding to a video, made in the United States, that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. But the storming of the mission was later determined to have been a terrorist attack." from CNN Fast Facts

Books

13 Hours : the inside account of what really happened in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff; Annex Security Team
Call Number: HV6433 .L75 Z83 2014
A team of six American security operators fought to repel the attackers and protect the Americans stationed there. Those men went beyond the call of duty, performing extraordinary acts of courage and heroism, to avert tragedy on a much larger scale. This is their personal account, never before told, of what happened during the thirteen hours of that now-infamous attack. 13 HOURS sets the record straight on what happened during a night that has been shrouded in mystery and controversy.
Surprise Attack : from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi by Larry Hancock
Call Number: JK468.I6 H365 2015
Revealing disconnects in the chain of command, this examines the intelligence tools and techniques that have provided warnings of threats to the U.S. over the past sixty years and why they have often failed to prevent attacks.