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Holy war, Inc. : inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden / Peter L. Bergen.
Van Pelt Library HV6430.B55 B47 2001
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LIBRA HV6430.B55 B47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergen, Peter, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
- Bin Laden, Osama.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism--Government policy.
- United States.
- Jihad.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 283 pages : 1 map ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- One of only a handful of Western journalists to have interviewed the world's most wanted man face to face, Peter Bergen has produced the definitive book on the Jihadist network that operates globally and in secrecy. Immense in scope and unnerving in its findings, "Holy War, Inc." reveals the terrifying world of the new Jihad. Maps.
- Contents:
- How to find the world's most wanted man
- While America slept
- The Afghan Jihad: the making of a holy warrior
- Blowback: the CIA and the Afghan War
- The Koran and the Kalashnikov: Bin Laden's years in Sudan
- From the peaks of the Hindu Kush: the declaration of war
- Investigation and retaliation: the embassy bombings
- The American connection: from Brooklyn to Seattle
- True believers: the Taliban and Bin Laden
- The holy warriors of Yemen: the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole
- The global network: around the world in eighty Jihads
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743205022
- OCLC:
- 48241401
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