A01=Thomas R. Mockaitis
Author_Thomas R. Mockaitis
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Security Studies
Terrorism
Product details
- ISBN 9780313353741
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jan 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
