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Title:
Osama bin Laden / Michael Scheuer.
Author:
Scheuer, Michael.
Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
HV6430 .B55 S33 2011
Abstract:
Available biographies depict Osama bin Laden as a historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. In this book, Scheuer, the first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, provides a closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden.
Geographic Term:
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries.

Western countries -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
ISBN:
9780199738663
Physical Description:
xi, 278 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject Term:
Terrorists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.

Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.

Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects.
Contents:
Osama bin Laden as subject -- Education, 1957-1979 -- Apprenticeship, 1979-1989 -- Nomad, 1989-1996 -- Organizer, 1996-2001 -- Survivor and planner, 2001-2010 -- The bin Laden era.
Personal Subject:
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957--Political and social views.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957--Psychology.
Personal Author:
Scheuer, Michael.
Subject:
Terrorists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.

Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.

Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects.

Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries.

Western countries -- Relations -- Islamic countries.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957- -- Political and social views.

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957- -- Psychology.
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