Osama bin Laden /

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 terror...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Scheuer, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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
Umfang:
1 online resource (293 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-975304-0
0-19-025246-4
1-282-97779-2
9786612977794
0-19-975327-X
Schlagworte:
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011.
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011 > Political and social views.
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011 > Psychology.
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