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HOLY WAR INC. SECRET WORLD OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

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Author: Peter L. BergenPublisher: Free Pr
Edition Description: IllustratedISBN-10: 0743205022
Subject: Military & WarISBN-13: 9780743205023
Topic: Iraq/Gulf WarsFormat: Hardcover
Language: EnglishPublication Year: 2001
Condition: Like NewSpecial Attributes: 1st Edition
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Written prior to the events of September 11, 2001, this investigative report is the result of years of research into the terrorist network associated with Osama bin Laden. Bergen recounts the rise of bin Laden and the history of the war in Afghanistan; the role of the CIA in that region; the scope of bin Laden's Al Qaeda network and the beliefs that drive them; and the prospects for the future as the Islamic extremists use modern technology to wage worldwide terror.

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Length:283 pages
Height:9.5 in.
Width:6.5 in.
Thickness:1.0 in.
Weight:17.6 oz.

Publisher's Note
CNN's terrorism analyst examines Osama bin Laden's global terrorist network, al-Queda, discussing its operations and mission, the planning and execution of specific terrorist acts, and future threats from militant Islamic movements.

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"Given the hysteria and half-truths surrounding bin Laden, Bergen steers a sensible course, sorting through competing stories....He also helps elucidate what so many Muslims find attractive about bin Laden...For readers who feel they are swimming in daily newspaper articles and television reports and want a single source that brings all the background together, this readable book works well. But since many other fine journalists are now going over the same ground and offering ever more complete versions of what was known in August, for those really interested in Al Qaeda, this is more of a place to start than end. The book contains one significant failing, in my view, and that is Bergen's analysis of why bin Laden is at war with the United States. Bergen takes issue with Samuel Huntington's widely cited thesis that there is a clash of civilizations between the West and Islam. He says bin Laden has a clear and specific political agenda--changing American policy in the Middle East. He opposes the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia, the bombing of Iraq, support for Israel and for regimes, like those in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, that he considers apostates from Islam. Bin Laden has never, Bergen notes, railed against Coca-Cola or Madonna or homosexuals. But this seems a cramped, literal parsing of bin Laden's few public statements and, in the end, simplistic and unsatisfying. "
New York Times Book Review - Ethan Bronner (11/18/2001)

"The portrait of bin Laden that Bergen paints is...richer and more complex than the image of a hate-filled, mindless fanatic that prevails today....Where HOLY WAR, INC. shines is less in the recounting of [the] familiar details than in Bergen's insight into bin Laden's mindset and behavior."
Atlantic Monthly - Bruce Hoffman (01/01/2002)


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I CALCULATED THAT IT WAS SOMETIME BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHEN BIN LADEN APPEARED WITH HIS ENTOURAGE A TRANSLATOR AND SEVERAL BODYGUARDS. HE IS A TALL MAN WELL OVER SIX FEET, HIS FACE DOMINATED BY A NOSE. DRESSED IN A TURBAN , WHITE ROBES, AND A GREEN CAMOUFLAGE JACKET, HE WALKED WITH A CANE AND SEEMED TIRED, LESS LIKE A SWAGGERING REVOLUTIONARY THAN A MUSLIM ASCETIC. THOSE AROUND HIM TREATED HIM WITH THE UTMOST DEFERENCE, REFERRING TO HIM WITH THE HONORIFIC SHEIK AN HOMAGE HE SEEMED TO TAKE AS HIS DUE. WE WERE TOLD WE HAD ABOUT AN HOUR WITH HIM BEFORE HE WOULD HAVE TO GO. AS HE SAT DOWN, HE PROPPED UP NEXT TO HIM THE KALASHNIKOV RIFLE THAT IS NEVER FOR FROM HIS SIDE. HIS FOLLOWERS SAID HE HAD TAKEN IT FROM A RUSSIAN HE HAD KILLED. THE BOOK AND DUST COVER ARE IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. (ORIGINAL PRICE $26.00)

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