Osama bin Laden [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Scheuer

• Autore: Scheuer Michael
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325092; B
• Soggetto topico: Terrorists - Saudi Arabia; Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam; Islamic fundamentalism - Political aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic countries Relations Western countries; Western countries Relations Islamic countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Osama bin Laden as subject -- Education, 1957-1979 -- Apprenticeship, 1979-1989 -- Nomad, 1989-1996 -- Organizer, 1996-2001 -- Survivor and planner, 2001-2010 -- The bin Laden era -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: 9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its monumental impact--and a deluge of books about al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism--no one has written a serious assessment of the man who planned it, Osama bin Laden. Available biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. These accounts, Michael Scheuer strongly believes, have contributed to
• Titolo autorizzato: Osama bin Laden
• ISBN: 0-19-025246-4; 1-282-97779-2; 9786612977794; 0-19-975327-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459691503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II