Peter bergen, author of the bestselling book holy war, inc. Peter bergen talked about his book the osama bin laden i know. He is a contributing editor at the new republic and has worked as a correspondent for national geographic television, discovery, and cnn. Mark bowdens new book, the finish, tells of the hunt for osama bin laden from the top down based on access to obama. Bergen then focused all of that experience into a riveting. The manhunt to capture osama bin laden journalist peter bergen outlines the decadelong search for the alqaida leader in his new book manhunt. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden peter. Bergen produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. January 12, 2006 in his new book, reporter and author peter bergen paints a portrait of osama bin laden by. Peter bergen on manhunt for osama bin laden mpr news. Peter bergens the osama bin laden i know isbn 9780743278911 is a book published in 2006. Peter bergen to write book on bin laden manhunt the new. Peter bergen takes the reader onto the battlefields of afghanistan as bin laden goes from a shy, quiet teen to a leader.
Shortly after coming into office, president obama urged cia chief leon panetta to redouble the efforts to find osama bin laden. His writing has appeared in the new york times, washington post, wall street journal, foreign. Holy w peter bergen born 1962 is an american born, englandraised print and television journalist, author, and cnns national security analyst. Peter bergen is the author of three previous books about osama bin laden and alqaeda, two of which were new york times bestsellers. The killing of osama bin laden in 2011 was the culmination of a 10year search for the mastermind of the 911 attacks. Bergen, observes in his new book on osama bin laden that the sept. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden.
Bergen has held teaching positions at harvard and at johns hopkins university and is a graduate of oxford. Peter bergen had actually started writing the book before the attacks on the world trade center and pentagon. The best books on osama bin laden five books expert. He is the author of the recently released book, holy war inc. When members of the navys elite seal team 6 stormed osama bin. His writing has appeared in the new york times, washington post, wall street journal, foreign affairs. He produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. Peter bergen discusses the life of osama bin laden the. Less than 48 hours after osama bin ladens death, the book deals have begun.
Peter bergen says the killing was a team effort and there is some dispute over what happened. It is a comprehensive collection of personal accounts by. The tenyear search for bin ladenfrom 911 to abbottabad. This is the most authoritative book written on osama bin laden as of 2009. He was just recently a journalist in residence at johns hopkins university in washington, d. Capture and killing of osama bin laden download ebook. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden storytel. Terrorism analyst peter bergen says osama bin laden was focused on president obama and worried about al qaedas image.
May 3, 2012 updated 17 gmt 1937 hkt a local man walks through a field near osama bin laden s compound, where he was killed during a raid by u. An oral history of al qaedas leader, published by free press. Peter bergen simply copies and pastes the testimony of people who personally met with osama including himself. Peter bergen isnt just another writer who after the 911 attacks decided to dive deep into the topic of osama bin laden. In his piece, bergen writes, from the origins of the alqaeda terrorist network to the devastation of sept. In 1997, he produced the first televised interview with osama bin laden for cnn. The attack was masterminded by osama bin laden and his jihad group an organization that cnns terrorism analyst peter bergen calls holy war, inc. Topics included minutes of alqaeda meetings found in bosnia. According to cnns peter bergen, author of a forthcoming book on bin laden, holy war, inc.
Peter bergen will write the definitive book on the hunt for bin laden, his publisher said on tuesday. Join peter bergen as he discusses his latest outlook piece, five myths about osama bin laden monday, may 9 at 11 a. Bergen is the author of four books about osama bin laden and al qaeda, three of which were new york times bestsellers. In 1997 peter bergen went to afghanistan with peter arnett to interview osama bin laden for cnn. He is cnns national security analyst and a director of the new america foundation. The resulting collage of voices and memories affords an unprecedented.
In manhunt, peter bergen delivers a taut yet panoramic account of the pursuit and killing of osama bin laden. Bin laden has been a topic that bergen has followed for years, dating back to the mid1990s. When osama bin laden declared war against the united states for the first time to a western audience, peter bergen was there. Crown publishers, part of random house, said it had acquired a new book by mr. No one knows more about osama bin laden than peter bergen. Bergen has done a fine job of researching and compiling a very wide range of oral testimony. The obama administration has given cnns peter bergen unprecedented access to the white house for a special commemorating the fifth anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. A year after the commando raid that killed osama bin laden in abbottabad, pakistan, we have a terrific new book on the decadelong search for high. The tenyear search for bin ladenfrom 911 to abbottabad by peter l. Bergens latest, and fourth, book about bin laden and al qaeda.
Author peter bergen is cnns terrorism analyst and an acclaimed journalist who actually spent time with bin laden prior to the events of september 11, 2001. And, you know, i mean, there have been a lot of reports that bin laden was womanizing and sort of drinking when he was a teenager in beirut. Peter bergen is writing a book on osama bin laden, whom he interviewed in 1997. The osama bin laden i know is an unprecedented oral history of osama bin ladens rise to revered leader of al qaeda. Cnns peter bergen talks bin laden, terrorism university. Click download or read online button to get capture and killing of osama bin laden book now. One of the few western journalists to have interviewed on september 11, 2001, the world changed forever as more than three thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the deadliest. Bergen that it described as an immersive, definitive account of the operation that killed the worlds most wanted man. The power of the book is that it disposes of both the antiusa conspiracy theories and of the usa propaganda the usa has a long tradition of demonizing. The osama bin laden i know is the definitive history of the worlds most wanted man. Journalist peter bergen outlines the decadelong search for the alqaida leader in his new book manhunt. Bergen crown bergens pakistani sources gave him new insight into bin ladens home life.
Bergen reveals how a decade of hiding left osama bin laden increasingly isolated, s. An exciting insider account of the vast, secretive effort to track and kill the alqaeda leader. The osama bin laden i know an oral history of al qaedas leader highly illuminating. Great investigative work and new sources make this a thrilling account of the long hunt for osama bin laden, writes jason burke. Well, i think you know when rubwhen rubbish is rubbish, how you call a spade a spade a spade. How cnns peter bergen landed historic interviews with. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book manhunt, author peter l. Peter bergen, an experienced reporter as well as an academic, stands out among terrorism experts for his breadth of experience and clearheadedness. Here are riveting new details of bin ladens flight after the crushing defeat of the taliban to tora bora, where american forces came startlingly close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leaders attempts to find a secure hiding place. In 1997, well before the west suddenly became aware of the worlds most soughtafter terrorist, bergen met with him and has followed his activities ever since. Peter bergen, cnns national security analyst, reflected on his experience interviewing osama bin laden in 1997 and the implications of his death on the future of alqaeda with an audience of more than 300 people at the university of central florida on tuesday. Three years after osama bin ladens death, robert oneill says he was the one who killed him. Great investigative work and new sources make this a thrilling account of the long hunt for osama bin laden. His books have all been about al qaeda and osama bin laden, whom bergen interviewed for cnn.
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