Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin LadenSimon and Schuster, 2001 M11 14 - 304 páginas On September 11, 2001, the world in which we live was changed forever. The twin towers of the World Trade Center came crashing down, one side of the Pentagon burst into flame, and more than six thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the most deadly terrorist attack on American soil. As shocking as it was, it had been long in the making: The assault was the most sophisticated and horrifying in a series of operations masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group -- an organization that CNN's terrorism analyst Peter Bergen calls Holy War, Inc. One of only a handful of Western journalists to have interviewed the world's most wanted man face to face, Peter Bergen has produced the definitive book on the Jihadist network that operates globally and in secrecy. In the course of four years of investigative reporting, he has interviewed scores of insiders -- from bin Laden associates and family members to Taliban leaders to CIA officials -- and traveled to Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom to learn the truth about bin Laden's al Queda organization and his mission. Immense in scope and unnerving in its findings, Holy War, Inc. reveals:
Above all, Peter Bergen helps us to see bin Laden's organization in a radically new light: as a veritable corporation that has exploited twenty-first-century communications and weapons technologies in the service of a medieval reading of the Koran and holy war. Holy War, Inc. is essential reading for anyone trying to understand tomorrow's terrorist threats and the militant Islamist movements that could determine the fate of governments -- and human lives -- the world over. Both author and publisher will donate a portion of the proceeds from this book to United Way's September 11th Fund for the relief of victims of the World Trade Center attacks. |
Contenido
CHAPTER 1 | 24 |
The Making of a Holy Warrior | 41 |
CHAPTER 3 | 63 |
Bin Ladens Years in Sudan | 76 |
CHAPTER 5 | 92 |
The Embassy Bombings | 105 |
CHAPTER 7 | 127 |
CHAPTER 8 | 143 |
CHAPTER 9 | 167 |
CHAPTER 10 | 195 |
AFTERWORD | 221 |
Acknowledgments | 237 |
Notes | 243 |
283 | |
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Holy War, Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden Peter L. Bergen Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
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