It is unprecedented for a sitting head of state to write a memoir as revelatory, detailed and gripping as In the Line of Fire. Here, for the first time, readers can get a first-hand view of the war on terror in its central theatre. President Musharraf details the manhunts for Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, and their top lieutenants, complete with harrowing cat-and-mouse games, informants, interceptions, and bloody firefights.

Musharraf's life has mirrored that of his country, ever since Pakistan's creation, when he was a four-year-old boy. His and Pakistan's stories are dramatic, fateful, and crucial to the entire world.
Neither retired nor retiring, Pakistan's President offers this widely ed, hotly disputed memoir of his military exploits, seizure of political in a 1999 coup and transition from Taliban supporter to US ally' Financial Times