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An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror () is a 2004 book about the "War on Terror", analyzing Islamic terrorist networks and proposing policies the United States government should adopt to defeat them. The book was co-written by Richard Perle, who had previously been chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, and David Frum, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In 2004, Frum replied to some of the critics of the book in "He That Stands It Now ...", an article that appeared