The best books on osama bin laden five books expert. The ten year search for bin laden, from 911 to abbottabad. He is a contributing editor at the new republic and has worked as a correspondent for national geographic television, discovery, and cnn. Bergen refutes claims that obama lied about bin laden. 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. Live chat with journalist peter bergen, author of manhunt a detailed account of the pursuit and killing of bin laden.
Jan 03, 2006 peter bergen, author of the bestselling book holy war, inc. The killing of osama bin laden in 2011 was the culmination of a 10year search for the mastermind of the 911 attacks. Bergen was one of the producers of the emmynominated documentary, which was named the best documentary of 2006. His first book, holy war, inc inside the secret world of bin laden published in 2001 was a new york times bestseller. His other books include man hunt, the longest war, and the osama bin laden i know, which was named as the best nonfiction book of 2006 by washington post. Peter bergen discusses the life of osama bin laden the.
He is renowned for writing the manhunt book which was about the search of osama bin laden. The twin towers of the world trade center came crashing down, one side of the pentagon burst into flame, and more than six thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the most deadly terrorist attack on american soil. How cnns peter bergen landed historic interviews with osama. Excellent bergen s book is the best onevolume treatment available on the current state of jihad in america.
Five myths about osama bin laden the washington post. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book manhunt, author peter l. Papers released in a new york trial show why thousands more osama bin laden documents should be released. On september 11, 2001, the world in which we live was changed forever. Peter bergen simply copies and pastes the testimony of people who personally met with osama including himself.
Bergen was one of the producers of the cnn documentary, which was named the best documentary of 2006 by the society of professional journalists and was nominated for an emmy. Many thought that 911 was the start of an alqaeda assault on the west, but it turned out to be bin ladens pearl harbor a victory that led to strategic defeat says peter bergen, one of the few reporters who met the saudiborn militant. Theres some comfort to be drawn from the fact that. Randal argues was inadvertently strengthened by american hubris, ignorance and missteps in the middle east and persian gulf. He is a producer and writer, known for legion of brothers 2017, american war generals 2014 and manhunt. May 02, 2016 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. More recently, bin laden has called for attacks on the pakistani state there were more than 50 suicide bombings there in 2007, and there have been at least 19 thus far this year. May 05, 2012 bergen rightly points out how, by the end of the last decade, alqaidas brand had been badly tarnished and quotes documents captured in the abbottabad raid that show how bin laden, increasingly. It was published in november 2001, two months after the september 11 attacks, and was a new york times best seller in 2001 in the book, bergen discusses the meteoric rise of osama bin laden during the soviet invasion of afghanistan in the 1980s, and the subsequent. Bergens book is the best onevolume treatment available on the current state of jihad in america. Peter bergen biography, married, manhunt, twitter peter bergen is an american born, print, television and web journalist. Cnns peter bergen says many of the claims made by journalist seymour hersh that president obama lied about the navy seals raid that killed osama bin laden defy common sense.
Required reading for anyone seeking to understand him. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden. Investigating americas homegrown terrorists, bergen offers a comprehensive look at homegrown islamist terrorism, including a portrait of american. An oral history of al qaedas leader for a film that was nominated for an emmy and named the best documentary of 2006 by the society of professional journalists.
The interview, which aired on cnn, marked the first time that bin laden declared war against the. This book by a former washington post correspondent is less a biography of bin laden than a history of the contemporary jihadi movement, which mr. Bergen once interviewed bin laden in a mud hut in afghanistan, and will answer questions about bin laden, including the book bergen wrote about. The manhunt to capture osama bin laden journalist peter bergen outlines the decadelong search for the alqaida leader in his new book manhunt. May 24, 2012 author and journalist peter bergen details the tenyear search and killing of al qaeda leader osama bin laden. It was published in november 2001, two months after the september 11 attacks, and was a new york times best seller in 2001.
Bergen is highly qualified to write the definitive account of the hunt for and assassination of osama bin laden having actually interviewed him for cnn in 1997 when he was a jihadist fighting the soviet union occupation of afghanistan. Peter bergen pakistani journalist ismail khan is given a copy of blind sheikh omar abdulrahmans purported will by one of his sons, while attending bin ladens first and only press conference in may 1998 see may 26, 1998. Randal chronicles bin ladens combat experiences as an antisoviet. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of bin laden is a book by cnn investigative journalist and documentarian peter bergen. Bergen, helmut dierlamm, norbert juraschitz, thomas pfeiffer, heike schlatterer, karin.
Shop bergen community college apparel, textbooks, merchandise and gifts at the bookstore. Peter bergen born december 12, 1962 is an american journalist, author, and producer who serves as cnns national security analyst, new americas vice president, and as a professor of practice at arizona state university. Bin laden also kept zawahiri in the dark for years about alqaedas most important operation the planning for the 911 attacks cluing in his deputy only during the summer of 2001. At dawn, bin laden was loaded into the belly of a flipwing v22 osprey, accompanied by a jsoc liaison officer and a security detail of military police. A gripping glimpse into bin ladens decline and fall cnn.
Bergen is the author of three other books, but he may be best known for a 1997 journalistic triumph. May 05, 2012 in an exclusive excerpt from his new book manhunt, author peter l. Bin laden has aged enormously peter bergen cnn on thursday night, cnn aired parts of an interview with osama bin laden that. The book was translated into french, spanish and polish, and cnn produced a twohour documentary, in the footsteps of bin laden, based on the book. Bergen s latest, and fourth, book about bin laden and al qaeda. Bergen s first book on osama bin laden and the alqaeda network, this is still an excellent and dependable resource for learning about one of the worlds most infamous men. How cnns peter bergen landed historic interviews with. In his piece, bergen writes, from the origins of the alqaeda terrorist network to the devastation of sept. The osama bin laden i know is an unprecedented oral history of osama bin ladens rise to revered leader of al qaeda.
With bin ladens death, every leader of these groups will have the opportunity to rethink his connection to alqaeda and decide whether to swear another oath to bin ladens successor, since. Peter bergen discusses holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden. Bergen is a reliable source, and one of the few men in the world to have personally met bin laden in very dangerous circumstances. Hamid mir, a pakistani who has spent several years writing a biography of bin laden, was the other journalist.
Nominated for 2006 emmy for best news documentary and named best documentary of 2006 by the society of professional journalists. Bergen came away from that meeting struck by bin laden s raw hatred for the united states. The osama bin laden i know was translated into french, spanish and polish, and cnn produced a two hour documentary, in the footsteps of bin laden, based on the book. Washington the former navy seal who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed osama bin laden will pay the government more than. Peter bergen married, divorce, salary, net worth, affair.
Oct 29, 2012 the killing of osama bin laden in 2011 was the culmination of a 10year search for the mastermind of the 911 attacks. It won the overseas press club award for the best book on international affairs. May 09, 2011 join peter bergen as he discusses his latest outlook piece, five myths about osama bin laden monday, may 9 at 11 a. Bergen, observes in his new book on osama bin laden that the sept. The tenyear search for bin laden from 911 to abbottabad. The osama bin laden i know is an unprecedented oral history of osama bin laden s rise to revered leader of al qaeda. On the tape, bin laden and his closest advisers make impassioned. I mean, bin ladensone of the people in the book said that bin laden started boycotting stuff like pepsi and sprite and sevenup in the early 80s because of the united. May 04, 2012 bergen writes that this is the only recorded joke bin laden ever made. Osama bin laden may be dead but the objectives he strove to achieve have in a large part become a reality. The tenyear search for bin laden from 911 to abbottabad by bergen, peter l isbn.
Peter bergen, author of the bestselling book holy war, inc. Bergen is the author of four books about osama bin laden and al qaeda, three of which were new york times bestsellers. Peter bergen, cnns national security analyst, said sunday that president obama was informed by cia deputy director michael morell in december 2010 that the circumstantial case that iraq had weapons of mass destruction was better than the circumstantial case that bin laden was in abbottabad. Peter bergen on manhunt for osama bin laden mpr news. Michael scheuer, chief of the cias bin laden unit from 1996 to 1999, provides something revealing in his recent book osama bin laden. He is married to tresha mabile and they got a son together.
His initial motives for declaring jihad holy war against the united states in 1995 have actually been met. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. Bergen reveals how a decade of hiding left osama bin laden increasingly isolated, s.
Hbo turned manhunt into a film that won the emmy for best documentary and cnn used a prior book the osama bin laden i know. May 06, 2011 bin laden also kept zawahiri in the dark for years about alqaedas most important operation the planning for the 911 attacks cluing in his deputy only during the summer of 2001. The looming tower is like a bright shining lie, which is about vietnam. A survey of books about osama bin laden and al qaeda the.
Bergen rightly points out how, by the end of the last decade, alqaidas brand had been badly tarnished and quotes documents captured in the. Peter bergen was born on december 12, 1962 in minneapolis, minnesota, usa. Mar 10, 2015 papers released in a new york trial show why thousands more osama bin laden documents should be released. Seen by his peers as sweet and sincere but not a potential leader during afghanistans war against the. The gripping account of the decadelong hunt for the worlds most wanted man. Peter bergen is the author of the osama bin laden i know and was a cnn producer for osama bin ladens firstever tv interview with peter arnett in 1997. Usama ibn muhammad ibn awad ibn ladin, allgemein bekannt als osama bin laden arabisch. The looming tower, by new yorker writer lawrence wright, tells the story of what led to 911 by following the interwoven narratives of bin laden, ayman alzawahiri, the fbis former counterterrorism chief, john oneill, and the former head of saudi intelligence, prince turki alfaisal. The clearest signal that bin laden plotted more attacks against american targets was a skillfully edited twohour alqaeda recruit ment tape that circulated widely in the middle east during the summerin keeping with bin ladens pattern of subtly telegraphing his intentions.
I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u. He is cnns national security analyst and a director of the new america foundation. Cnn terrorism analyst peter bergen, author of the bestselling book, holy war inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden, discussed the attacks with cnns bill hemmer. Bergen once interviewed bin laden in a mud hut in afghanistan, and will answer questions about bin laden, including the book bergen wrote about him, and how the world has changed since his death. A decade and a half after 911, peter bergen considers exactly how the attacks on new york and washington changed america and the world what the continuing legacy of 911 will be in the united states, europe, the middle east, and asia and the likely evolution of terrorism in the next decade. Join peter bergen as he discusses his latest outlook piece, five myths about osama bin laden monday, may 9 at 11 a. Bergen came away from that meeting struck by bin ladens raw hatred for the united states. The tenyear search for bin ladenfrom 911 to abbottabad. May, 2003 cnn terrorism analyst peter bergen, author of the bestselling book, holy war inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden, discussed the attacks with cnns bill hemmer. May 02, 2011 this book by a former washington post correspondent is less a biography of bin laden than a history of the contemporary jihadi movement, which mr. The book opens with bergens 1997 interview with bin laden, one of the few interviews granted to western journalists, and pulls back to retrace bin ladens eerily quiet, ceolike march toward the worldwide privatization of terrorism. Two months after 911 mir was taken to meet bin laden somewhere in afghanistan. Jan 20, 2006 the osama bin laden i know is an unprecedented oral history of osama bin laden s rise to revered leader of al qaeda. Bergen writes that this is the only recorded joke bin laden ever made.
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