Bin Laden, Yossef Bodansky
Bin Laden, Yossef Bodansky
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Bin Laden
The Man Who Declared War on America

Author: Yossef Bodansky

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 21 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Who is Osama bin Ladenthe only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war? What drives him and his followers to hate the Western civilization that has armed them? Bin Ladens name has been linked to a number of incidents that have cost Americans their lives, most conspicuously, the catastrophic assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.In this comprehensive account of the rise of bin Laden, worldrenowned terrorism expert Yossef Bodansky uncovers the events in bin Ladens life that turned a oncepromising engineering student into a coldblooded leader of radical Islam. It is a chilling story that is as current as todays headlines and as ancient as the Crusades, a story that transcends bin Laden and any other single man.

About Yossef Bodansky

Yossef Bodansky is the director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He is a former senior consultant for the US Departments of Defense and State. The author of nine books, including the number-one New York Times bestseller, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America, he divides his time between the Middle East and the Washington, DC, area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Titus on October 14, 2019

This book talks about the life of Osama Bin Laden. This book also talks about Al-Qaeda's doings, as Bin laden led the group. The book was written before 9/11, but talks about the attempted assassination of Hosni Mubarak, but that was foiled due to a rocket launcher failing, and the driver of Mubarak......more

Goodreads review by Fernando on June 19, 2013

Es un estudio que ofrece una vasta idea de lo que implica la guerra santa (jihad). Permite entender los intereses religiosos, políticos y económicos que provocan y/o justifican el conflicto; Explica con detalle el génesis de las organizaciones terroristas así como el modo en que operan y se sustenta......more

Goodreads review by Keith on June 24, 2021

This book ended up being pretty disappointing for me. I was very intrigued when I found this book that focuses on Bin Laden and was written a couple of years prior to 9/11. Unfortunately, I'd say the majority of the book isn't about him. Page after page, especially in the first 1/2-3/4 of the book,......more

Goodreads review by Drew on October 20, 2017

This book has the purpose of telling and informing people about Bin laden. The author tells about the major attacks on America that bin laden had been a part of. The author talks about the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and many more. The book is about informing g people about what Bin laden had done......more

Goodreads review by Steven on July 21, 2024

ONE OF THE MOST DETAILED (PRE-9/11) BOOKS ABOUT BIN LADEN Yossef Bodansky is a military analyst; he has also written books such as 'The Secret History of the Iraq War, 'T'he High Cost of Peace: How Washington's Middle East Policy Left America Vulnerable to Terrorism,' etc. He noted in the Introduction......more

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