Osama bin Laden: A Biography
This concise biography of the world's most notorious terrorist tells the fascinating story of the evolution of a wealthy businesman's son to the 9/11 mastermind who declared war on America.

Osama bin Laden: A Biography offers a concise, fact-based portrait of a man whose rise from obscurity to notoriety coincides with some of the most traumatic events of the 21st century. It follows bin Laden's story from his life in Saudi society in the 1960s and 1970s to his religious conversion, his emergence as a jihadist leader, his horrifying terrorist attacks, and his near-mythic status in parts of the Muslim world today.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, Osama bin Laden finds the political and religious roots of a worldview that combines devout faith with a belief in violence and terrorism. The book pays particular attention to the spread of radical Islam from Egypt to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as well as the development of Al Qaeda and its current scope and capabilities.

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Osama bin Laden: A Biography
This concise biography of the world's most notorious terrorist tells the fascinating story of the evolution of a wealthy businesman's son to the 9/11 mastermind who declared war on America.

Osama bin Laden: A Biography offers a concise, fact-based portrait of a man whose rise from obscurity to notoriety coincides with some of the most traumatic events of the 21st century. It follows bin Laden's story from his life in Saudi society in the 1960s and 1970s to his religious conversion, his emergence as a jihadist leader, his horrifying terrorist attacks, and his near-mythic status in parts of the Muslim world today.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, Osama bin Laden finds the political and religious roots of a worldview that combines devout faith with a belief in violence and terrorism. The book pays particular attention to the spread of radical Islam from Egypt to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as well as the development of Al Qaeda and its current scope and capabilities.

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Osama bin Laden: A Biography

Osama bin Laden: A Biography

by Thomas R. Mockaitis
Osama bin Laden: A Biography

Osama bin Laden: A Biography

by Thomas R. Mockaitis

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This concise biography of the world's most notorious terrorist tells the fascinating story of the evolution of a wealthy businesman's son to the 9/11 mastermind who declared war on America.

Osama bin Laden: A Biography offers a concise, fact-based portrait of a man whose rise from obscurity to notoriety coincides with some of the most traumatic events of the 21st century. It follows bin Laden's story from his life in Saudi society in the 1960s and 1970s to his religious conversion, his emergence as a jihadist leader, his horrifying terrorist attacks, and his near-mythic status in parts of the Muslim world today.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, Osama bin Laden finds the political and religious roots of a worldview that combines devout faith with a belief in violence and terrorism. The book pays particular attention to the spread of radical Islam from Egypt to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as well as the development of Al Qaeda and its current scope and capabilities.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313353741
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/29/2010
Series: Greenwood Biographies
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Thomas R. Mockaitis, PhD, is professor of history at DePaul University, Chicago, IL. His published works include Praeger's The "New" Terrorism: Myths and Reality and Iraq and the Challenge of Counterinsurgency.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix

Preface xi

Introduction xiii

Timeline: Events in the Life of Osama bin Laden xix

Chapter 1 Osama bin Laden the Man 1

Chapter 2 Osama bin Laden's Worldview 17

Chapter 3 Afghanistan 35

Chapter 4 Al-Qaeda 51

Chapter 5 Fighting the Great Satan 69

Chapter 6 Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, Post-9/11 91

Conclusion 109

Appendix: Selected Documents 117

Annotated Bibliography 143

Index 149

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