{"product_id":"osama-bin-laden","title":"Osama Bin Laden by Michael Scheuer","description":"\u003ch3\u003e9\/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cstrong\u003ebooks about al-Qaeda \u003c\/strong\u003eand Islamist terrorism—no one has written a serious assessment of the man who planned it, \u003cstrong\u003eOsama bin Laden.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eAvailable biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9\/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese accounts, \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Scheuer \u003c\/strong\u003estrongly believes, have contributed to a widespread and dangerous denial of his continuing significance and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective—a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003efirst head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, \u003c\/strong\u003ewhere he led the effort to track down bin Laden, Scheuer draws from a wealth of information about bin Laden and his \u003cstrong\u003eevolution from peaceful Saudi dissident to America's Most Wanted.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShedding light on his development as a \u003cstrong\u003etheologian, media manipulator, and paramilitary commander,\u003c\/strong\u003e Scheuer makes use of all the \u003cstrong\u003espeeches and interviews \u003c\/strong\u003ebin Laden has given as well as lengthy interviews, testimony, and \u003cstrong\u003epreviously untranslated documents written by those who grew up with bin Laden in Saudi Arabia, \u003c\/strong\u003eserved as his \u003cstrong\u003ebodyguards and drivers,\u003c\/strong\u003e and fought alongside him against the Soviets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bin Laden who emerges from these accounts is devout, talented, patient, and ruthless; in other words, a truly formidable and implacable enemy of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAcclaim for \u003cem\u003eImperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Pulls few punches...a fascinating window on America's war with Al Qaeda.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"No serious observer of the war on terrorism can ignore this scathing critique.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Bergen, author of \u003cem\u003eHoly War, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A powerful, persuasive analysis of the terrorist threat and the Bush administration's failed efforts to fight it.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Richard A. Clarke, Washington Post Book World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A fire-breathing denunciation of U.S. counterterrorism policy.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Julian Borger, The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Presents overwhelmingly persuasive evidence to buttress a host of significant and controversial arguments.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Destined to become a classic in the field of counterterrorism analysis.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Bruce Hoffman, author of \u003cem\u003eInside Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOsama Bin Laden\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Scheuer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50306343665979,"sku":"0199738661","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780199738663.jpg?v=1776228031","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/osama-bin-laden","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}