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Through our enemies' eyes : Osama bin Laden, radical Islam, and the future of America /

"While we have all seen and viscerally felt the damage bin Laden has unleashed on the United States, most of us do not have a coherent understanding of what motivates him and his supporters. This could pave the road to disaster, for the forces bin Laden has led and inspired are a far more letha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheuer, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2006.
Edición:Rev. ed., 2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Context
  • Context for understanding Bin Laden's aims
  • Arrogance, money, and ideas
  • Obstacles to understanding Bin Laden
  • Chasing Bin Laden's money
  • Getting to know Bin Laden: substantive themes of the Jihad
  • Getting to know Bin Laden: character traits
  • Years of preparation, 1957-1996
  • Young Bin Laden, 1957-1979: family, education, and religion
  • Bin Laden and the Afghan War, 1979-1989: facilitator, engineer, fighter, and visionary
  • Bin Laden and the Saudis, 1989-1991: from favorite son to black sheep
  • Bin Laden in exile: Afghanistan and Sudan, 1991-1996
  • Bin Laden begins: inciting and waging Jihad from Sudan, 1992-1996
  • War years, 1996-2001
  • Bin Laden returns to Afghanistan: getting settled and politicking
  • Bin Laden in Afghanistan: targeting America and expanding Al Qaeda
  • Bin Laden stands at Armageddon and battles for his lord
  • No end in sight
  • What to expect from Al Qaeda
  • Spring 2002: where are we? Where are we going?
  • Epilogue: "That they may go in and look their redeemer in the face with joy"
  • Epilogue to the revised edition.