Oxford, England Oxford University Press, USA 2011 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p.

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.25 inches. 2011. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0199738661 9780199738663 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199738661, ISBN13: 9780199738663, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. 9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its monumental impact--and a deluge of books about al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism--no one has written a serious assessment of the man who planned it, Osama bin Laden. Available biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. These accounts, Michael Scheuer strongly believes, have contributed to a widespread and dangerous denial of his continuing significance and power. In this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective--a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities. The first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, where he led the effort to track down bin Laden, Scheuer draws from a wealth of information about bin Laden and his evolution from peaceful Saudi dissident to America's Most Wanted. Shedding light on his development as a theologian, media manipulator, and paramilitary commander, Scheuer makes use of all the speeches and interviews bin Laden has given as well as lengthy interviews, testimony, and previously ...
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ISBN10: 0199738661, ISBN13: 9780199738663, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Signed and inscribed by the author "For George Serdari With best wishes & thanks for your interest in my work. M. F. Scheurer 9 Feb 11" on the title page. The book and jacket are in as new condition. First Edition, First Printing.
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ISBN10: 0199738661, ISBN13: 9780199738663, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
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