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The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the “riveting” (The New York Times) definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today.

In The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergan provides the first reevaluation of the man responsible for precipitating America’s long war with al-Qaeda and its decedents, capturing bin Laden in all the dimensions of his life: as a family man, as a zealot, as a battlefield commander, as a terrorist leader, and as a fugitive. The book sheds light on his many contradictions: he was the son of a billionaire yet insisted his family live like paupers. He adored his wives and children, depending on his two wives, both of whom had PhDs, to make critical strategic decisions. Yet, he also brought ruin to his family. He was fanatically religious but willing to kill thousands of civilians in the name of Islam. He inspired deep loyalty, yet, in the end, his bodyguards turned against him. And while he inflicted the most lethal act of mass murder in United States history, he failed to achieve any of his strategic goals.

In his final years, the lasting image we have of bin Laden is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself, just as another dad flipping through the channels with his remote. In the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound, far from the front lines of his holy war. And yet, despite that unheroic denouement, his ideology lives on.   

From exclusive interviews with family members and associates, as well as documents only recently unearthed, Bergen’s “comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling” portrait of Osama bin Laden reveals who he really was and why he continues to inspire a new generation of jihadists.

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416 Pages·2021·32.8589 MB·other
by  Peter L. Bergen
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<span>The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the “riveting” (</span><span>The New York Times</span><span>) definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today.</span><span><br><br>In&nbsp;</span><span>The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden</span><span>, Peter Bergan provides the first reevaluation of the man responsible for precipitating America’s long war with al-Qaeda and its decedents, capturing bin Laden in all the dimensions of his life: as a family man, as a zealot, as a battlefield commander, as a terrorist leader, and as a fugitive. The book sheds light on his many contradictions: he was the son of a billionaire yet insisted his family live like paupers. He adored his wives and children, depending on his two wives, both of whom had PhDs, to make critical strategic decisions. Yet, he also brought ruin to his family. He was fanatically religious but willing to kill thousands of civilians in the name of Islam. He inspired deep loyalty, yet, in the end, his bodyguards turned against him. And while he inflicted the most lethal act of mass murder in United States history, he failed to achieve any of his strategic goals.<br><br>In his final years, the lasting image we have of bin Laden is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself, just as another dad flipping through the channels with his remote. In the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound, far from the front lines of his holy war. And yet, despite that unheroic denouement, his ideology lives on.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><p><span>From exclusive interviews with family members and associates, as well as documents only recently&nbsp;</span>unearthed, Bergen’s “comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling”&nbsp;portrait of Osama bin Laden reveals who he really was and why he continues to inspire a new generation of jihadists.</p>

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Author:Peter L. Bergen
Publication Year:2021
ISBN:1982170522
Pages:416
Language:other
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