Osama bin Laden / Michael Scheuer.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011Description: xi, 278 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780199738663 (cloth : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 | Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 -- Political and social views | Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 -- Psychology | Terrorists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography | Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects | Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries | Western countries -- Relations -- Islamic countriesDDC classification: 363.325092 | B LOC classification: HV6430.B55 | S33 2011| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | HV6430.B55S33 2011 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013139908 |
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.
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.
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