Osama bin Laden / Michael Scheuer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheuer, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

Bin Laden, Osama.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011--Political and social views.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011--Psychology.

Terrorists--Saudi Arabia--Biography.

Terrorists.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic countries--Relations--Western countries.

Islamic countries.

Western countries--Relations--Islamic countries.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its monumental impact--and a deluge of books about al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism--no one has written a serious assessment of the man who planned it, Osama bin Laden. Available biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. These accounts, Michael Scheuer strongly believes, have contributed to

Contents:

Osama bin Laden as subject

Education, 1957-1979

Apprenticeship, 1979-1989

Nomad, 1989-1996

Organizer, 1996-2001

Survivor and planner, 2001-2010

The bin Laden era

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-975304-0

0-19-025246-4

1-282-97779-2

9786612977794

0-19-975327-X

OCLC:

701052710