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The Finish

The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

The Finish( )
Author: Bowden, Mark
ISBN:978-1-4104-5564-2
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:Thorndike Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $32.99
Book Description:

A New York Times Bestseller -- From the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces comes a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Over the ten years following the attacks of September 11, 2001, America's war with al Qaeda demanded an innovative approach. Step by step, Mark Bowden describes the development of a new tactical strategy -- the right weapon to go after bin Laden had finally evolved. It was time for the finish.

Book Details
Pages:420
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / Special Forces
Political Science / Terrorism
History / Military / United States
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.7 x 8.6 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.522 Pounds
Author Biography
Bowden, Mark (Author)
Mark Bowden has been a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty-one years and has won many national awards for his writing. He is the author of "Black Hawk Down," "Bringing the Heat," "Doctor Dealer", "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw." and, more recently, The Finish: "The Killing of Osama bin Laden", and Hue 1968: A Turning point of the American war in Vietnam. Bowden has also written for Talk, Men's Journal, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Playboy, among others.

The original series of articles which became "Black Hawk Down" earned him the Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award, and made him a finalist for the NBA in nonfiction.

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