The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden / Peter Bergen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergen, Peter, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qaida (Organization).

Terrorists--Biography.

Terrorists.

History.

Fugitives from justice.

Fugitives from justice--Biography.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

Bin Laden, Osama.

Qaida (Organization)--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Osama bin Laden

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Summary:

"The world's leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century, and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today"-- Provided by publisher.

Bergen sheds light on bin Laden's many contradictions: he was the son of a billionaire, yet insisted his family live like paupers. He adored his wives and children, depending on two of his wives, both of whom had PhDs, to make important strategic decisions, yet he also brought ruin to his family. He was fanatically religious, yet willing to kill thousands of civilians in the name of Islam. He inspired deep loyalty yet, in the end, his bodyguards turned against him. In the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound, far from the front lines of his holy war. Despite that unheroic denouement, his ideology lives on. Bergen's portrait of Osama will reveal for the first time who he really was and why he continues to inspire a new generation of jihadists.-- Adapted from jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HOLT WARRIOR

1. Sphinx Without A Riddle?

2. Zealot

3. Jihad

4. Al-Qaeda

pt. II WAR WITH TBI U.S.

5. Radical

6. "The Head Of The Snake"

7. A Declaration Of War

8. The U.S. Slowly Grasps The Threat

9. The War Begins

10. The Road To 9/11

pt. III OH THE RUN

11. Striking Back

12. The Great Escape

13. Al-Qaeda Revives

14. The Hunt

15. A Lion In Winter

16. Operation Neptune Spear

17. After Bin Laden.

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and index.

ISBN:

9781982170523

1982170522

OCLC:

1261641096

Publisher Number:

99988390632