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Author Bergen, Peter, 1962- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY BIN LADEN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B BIN LADEN, OSAMA    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B BIN LADEN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO BIN LADEN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B BINLADEN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO BIN LADEN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B BIN LADEN, OSAMA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B BIN LADEN, OSAMA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  B BIN LADEN, OSAMA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Biography  B-BIN LADEN BER    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xxx, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-363) and index.
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 winder ; Operation Neptune Spear ; After bin Laden.
Summary 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
Subject Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
Terrorists -- Biography.
Fugitives from justice -- Biography.
Qaida (Organization) -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism.
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011. (OCoLC)fst01761332
Qaida (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00763708
Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
Terrorists. (OCoLC)fst01148160
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9781982170523 (hardcover)
1982170522 (hardcover)
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