The Osama Bin Laden I Know An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader |
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| Author:
| Bergen, Peter L. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4237-4836-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $1.00 |
Book Description:
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The Osama bin Laden I know is a detailed oral history of Osama bin Laden's rise to power. Peter Bergen takes us onto the battlefields of Afghanistan as bin Laden goes from a shy teen to a leader; he brings us Osama's intimate family life as he lives under the radar in Sudan, then Afghanistan; he puts us right in the room for al Qaeda's first meeting; and he uses eyewitness accounts to relate what bin Laden said and thought on 9/11 as he watched the twin towers fall. Derived from...
More DescriptionThe Osama bin Laden I know is a detailed oral history of Osama bin Laden's rise to power. Peter Bergen takes us onto the battlefields of Afghanistan as bin Laden goes from a shy teen to a leader; he brings us Osama's intimate family life as he lives under the radar in Sudan, then Afghanistan; he puts us right in the room for al Qaeda's first meeting; and he uses eyewitness accounts to relate what bin Laden said and thought on 9/11 as he watched the twin towers fall. Derived from Bergen's interviews with more than fifty people who know bin Laden personally, from his highschool teacher to an early al Qaeda member who became a US informant, The Osama bin Laden I Know recounts individual experiences with the man who has declared the US, and its allies, his greatest enemies.