Osama bin Laden / Michael Scheuer.
Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xi, 278 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0199738661 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
- 9780199738663 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 9780199898398
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 -- Political and social views
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 -- Psychology
- Terrorists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography
- Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects
- Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries
- Western countries -- Relations -- Islamic countries
- 363.325092 B 22
- HV6430.B55 S33 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-262) and index.
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.
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.