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The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader

The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader Paperback - 2006

by Bergen, Peter L

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  • Title The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
  • Author Bergen, Peter L
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Free Press
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR005862286
  • ISBN 9780743278928 / 0743278925
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.56 x 1.3 in (21.39 x 14.12 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Arab World
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam, Qaida (Organization)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006281152
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

No one knows more about Osama bin Laden than Peter Bergen. In 1997, well before the West suddenly became aware of the world's most sought-after terrorist, Bergen met with him and has followed his activities ever since.

Today, years after President Bush swore to get him dead or alive and despite haunting the popular imagination since September 11, 2001, bin Laden remains shrouded in mystery and obscured by a barrage of facts, details and myths. With numerous never-before-published interviews, The Osama Bin Laden I Know provides unprecedented insight into bin Laden's life and character drawing on the experiences of his most intimate acquaintances. This timely and important work gives readers their first true, enduring look at the man who has declared the West his greatest enemy.

First line

Osama bin Laden grew up during the 1960s and 1970s in what was then the sleepy city of Jeddah, a port on the Red Sea, which for the past millennia and a half has served as a gateway to the holy city of Mecca, thirty miles away.

Media reviews

"Peter L. Bergen has written what will long be the 'go-to' resource . . . a chronological record of what is known about bin Laden from his birth in 1957 to 2005, assembled by stringing together statements from bin Laden and those who taught him, met him, worked with him, or interviewed him over those forty-eight years."-- Richard A. Clarke, The Washington Post

About the author

Peter Bergen is the author or editor of nine books, including three New York Times bestsellers and four Washington Post best nonfiction books of the year. A Vice President at New America, Bergen is a professor at Arizona State University and a national security analyst for CNN. He has testified before congressional committees eighteen times about national security issues and has held teaching positions at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University.