"The New Age of Terror" probes the historical roots of the conflict that developed after the 9/11 attacks catapulted America to the front lines of a battle without rules or conventional tactics – a battle in which victory depended on decoding the DNA of an entirely new kind of warfare.
A new age of terror begins in the aftermath of 9/11; fear becomes a weapon as America and its allies face a new brand of enemy in an unconventional conflict that demands an evolution of warfare as we know it.
The war on terror enters a new phase as homegrown lone wolves begin to strike in the U.S. The American military apparatus struggles to contain a threat that has moved to a new battlefield: the internet.