No one knows more about Osama bin Laden than Peter Bergen. In 1997, well before the West suddenly became aware of the world's most sought-after terrorist, Bergen met with him and has followed his activities ever since. Today, years after President Bush swore to get him dead or alive and despite hau[...]
TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED since the shocking attacks on the World Trade Center, and after seven years of conflict, the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq--only to move into Afghanistan, where the ten-year-old fight continues: the war on terror rages with no clear end in sight. In "The Longest War "Peter [...]
Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts. Drones have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted norms and moral understandings. Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, j[...]
Includes an account of Osama Bin Laden's decision-making process in the final weeks and days as the raid was planned, as well as what NSC cabinet members were advising him. This title tells the story of a group of mostly women analysts at the CIA in the HVT section, who never gave up assembling the [...]
The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man.
It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of "Holy War, Inc.", the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on A[...]
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In "Manhunt," Peter Bergen delivers a taut yet panoramic account of the pursuit and killing of Osama bin Laden. Here are riveting new details of bin Laden's flight after the crushing defeat of the Taliban to Tora Bora, where American forces came startlingly close to captu[...]
In the last decade, America's priorities have changed. National security has become the primary concern for citizens and a top priority for government officials. Billions of dollars have been spent fighting the war on terror, and millions more have been spent by private citizens around the globe try[...]
Imagine a world where a boy's dreams dictate the behavior of warriors in battle; where a young couple's only release from forbidden love is death; where a suicide bomber survives only to become fiercely pro-American. This is the world of "Terrorists in Love."[...]
Grappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U.S. military are issues that prompt sleepless nights for both policy makers in Washington and soldiers at war, albeit for different reasons. Few, however, have dealt with th[...]
It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen delivered the manuscript of Holy War, Inc., the story of Osama bin Laden - whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan - and his declaration of war on America. The book became a New York Times bestseller and the essential portrait of [...]
From 911 to Abbottabad the TenYear Quest for Osama bin Laden. The definitive account of the decade-long manhunt that killed the worlds most wanted man, Osama bin Laden.[...]
11. september 2001, lidt over kl. 9 om morgenen på den amerikanske østkyst. The World Trade Center og Pentagon bliver ramt af passagerfly, tusindvis af mennesker bliver dræbt - og krigen imod terror - og ikke mindst jagten på Osama Bin Laden - er i gang.I Jagten på Osama - ti år i [...]