ISBN10: 0199738661, ISBN13: 9780199738663, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated] Hardcover First Edition Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN 0199738661 9780199738663 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199738661, ISBN13: 9780199738663, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2/15/2011] Hardcover Osama Bin Laden 1.01
[Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]
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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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Oxford, England Oxford University Press, USA 2011 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p.

Oxford University Press, Date: 2/17/2011 12:00:00 AM. 1. Used - Like New. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199738661 9780199738663 [US]

Oxford, England Oxford University Press 2011 First edition. Hard cover New in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 278 p. Audience: General/trade. Unread, mint condition other than slight nick to dust jacket rear.