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This fascinating account of Osama bin Laden’s war against America illustrates the murky world of Islamic extremism and state sponsored terrorism.
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Inside the Campaign to Terrorize America
Who is Osama bin Laden--the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy
war against America? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that
helped enrich and arm them? Bin Laden’s name has been linked to a number of
incidents that have cost Americans their lives, including the bombing of the USS
Cole in 2000 and the destruction of the American embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania in 1998. Now, he is linked to the recent catastrophic assaults on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Here is a comprehensive account of the rise of bin Laden. In meticulous detail,
world-renowned terrorism expert Yossef Bodansky uncovers the events in bin
Laden’s life that turned the once-promising engineering student into a
cold-blooded leader of radical Islam. In the process, Bodansky reveals a
chilling story that is as current as today’s headlines but as ancient as the
Crusades--a story that transcends bin Laden and any other single man. This book
is a sobering wake-up call.
NOW IN HIS MID-FORTIES, a university graduate with computer skills, Osama bin
Laden lives with his four wives and some fifteen children in a small cave in
eastern Afghanistan. They have no running water and only a rudimentary heating
system against the extreme cold of winter. Bin Laden is always on guard against
assassins, commando raids, and air strikes. Had he followed the path chosen for
him by his father, bin Laden could have been a respected building contractor in
Saudi Arabia and a billionaire in his own right. Instead he freely elected to
abandon the life of affluence and commit himself to waging a jihad under
extremely harsh conditions.
Osama bin Laden is not the only Islamist who has abandoned a good career and
comfortable lifestyle in order to wage a jihad. Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri -- bin
Laden's right-hand man -- now in his late forties, could have been one of
Egypt's leading pediatricians but gave up a promising career and affluence to
fight the Egyptian...
Baroness Caroline Cox, the British House of Lords
This is the most important publication I have seen for many years. The
brilliant combination of fascinating narrative and detailed research make it
compelling reading. For everyone concerned with the growing menace of
international terrorism and its threats to the peace and freedoms too many of
us take for granted, this is a timely, profoundly significant book. Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard
Americans need to know about Osama bin Laden, and the best place to find out
is in Yossef Bodansky's trenchant study of the man. This book not only
recounts bin Laden's privileged past but also explains how it led him to
become one of America's most resourceful enemies. A brilliant work. Helle Bering-Jensen
A readable and thoroughly researched account of a man and a movement, both
deeply hostile to our way of life and to U.S. influence in the world. It is a
first-rate study. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
This fascinating account of Osama bin Laden's war against America
illustrates the murky world of Islamic extremism and state-sponsored
terrorism. I strongly recommend it.
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