TY - BOOK AU - Scheuer,Michael TI - Osama bin Laden SN - 9780199738663 (cloth : acid-free paper) AV - HV6430.B55 S33 2011 U1 - 363.325092B 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bin Laden, Osama, KW - Terrorists KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Biography KW - Terrorism KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Islamic fundamentalism KW - Political aspects KW - Islamic countries KW - Relations KW - Western countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-262) and index; 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 N2 - Available biographies depict Osama bin Laden as a historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. In this book, Scheuer, the first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, provides a closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden ER -