Title:
Manhunt : the ten-year search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad / Peter L. Bergen.
Author:
Bergen, Peter L., 1962-
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Publication Information:
New York : Crown Publishers, ©2012.
Call Number:
HV6430 .B55 B473 2012
Abstract:
Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of Al-Qaeda.
Electronic Access:
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2012004258-s.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012004258-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012004258-d.html
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780307955579
9780307955586
9780307955883
Physical Description:
xxi, 359 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue: a comfortable retirement -- 9/11 and after -- Tora Bora -- Al-Qaeda in the wilderness -- The resurgence of Al-Qaeda -- A working theory of the case -- Closing in on the courier -- Obama at war -- Anatomy of a lead -- The last years of Osama Bin Laden -- The secret warriors -- Courses of action -- The decision -- Don't turn on the light -- Aftermath -- Epilogue: the twilight of Al-Qaeda.
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