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The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen

Label
The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden
Title
The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden
Statement of responsibility
Peter Bergen
Title variation
Osama bin Laden
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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"--
  • 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
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
NjBwBT
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1962-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bergen, Peter
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
  • genealogical tables
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bin Laden, Osama
  • Qaida (Organization)
  • Bin Laden, Osama
  • Qaida (Organization)
  • Terrorists
  • Fugitives from justice
  • Fugitives from justice
  • Terrorists
Target audience
adult
Label
The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Hopes and dreams and fears -- Holy warrior. Sphinx without a riddle? ; Zealot ; Jihad ; Al-Qaeda -- War with the U.S. Radical ; "The head of the snake" ; A declaration of war ; The U.S. slowly grasps the threat ; The war begins ; The road to 9/11 -- On the run. Striking back ; The great escape ; Al-Qaeda revives ; The hunt ; A lion in winter ; Operation Neptune Spear ; After bin Laden
Control code
1261641096
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
xxx, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781982170523
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, genealogical table
System control number
(OCoLC)1261641096
Label
The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen
Publication
Copyright
Note
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Hopes and dreams and fears -- Holy warrior. Sphinx without a riddle? ; Zealot ; Jihad ; Al-Qaeda -- War with the U.S. Radical ; "The head of the snake" ; A declaration of war ; The U.S. slowly grasps the threat ; The war begins ; The road to 9/11 -- On the run. Striking back ; The great escape ; Al-Qaeda revives ; The hunt ; A lion in winter ; Operation Neptune Spear ; After bin Laden
Control code
1261641096
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
xxx, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781982170523
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, genealogical table
System control number
(OCoLC)1261641096

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