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Holy war, Inc. : inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden / Peter L. Bergen.

Summary:

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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  • ISBN: 0743205022
  • Physical Description: ix, 300 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2001.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
How to find the world's most wanted man -- While America slept -- The Afghan Jihad: the making of a holy warrior -- Blowback: the CIA and the Afghan War -- The Koran and the Kalashnikov: Bin Laden's years in Sudan -- From the peaks of the Hindu Kush: the declaration of war -- Investigation and retaliation: the embassy bombings -- The American connection: from Brooklyn to Seattle -- True believers: the Taliban and Bin Laden -- The holy warriors of Yemen: the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole -- The global network: around the world in eighty Jihads -- Afterword.
Subject: Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Terrorism > Government policy > United States.
Jihad.

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