Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
Hardback
Publication Date: 20/07/2008
Focusing principally on events and policy missteps in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, award-winning journalist Roy Gutman weaves a narrative that exposes how and why the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the Western media "missed the story" in the leadup to 9/11. He advances this narrative carefully and persuasively and approaches his subject with an objective, journalistic eye, drawing heavily on his own original research and extensive interviews with key players both in the United States and abroad. Arguing that the U.S. government made a strategic mistake by categorizing bin Laden's murderous assaults prior to 9/11 as terrorism, he ultimately concludes that the core failure was in the field of U.S. foreign policy.Sure to attract a wide audience, this first-rate, deeply engaging volume makes a highly original contribution to our understanding of the events and mistakes that ultimately led to 9/11 - and offers much-needed insight so that such a story is not missed again.
- ISBN:
- 9781601270245
- 9781601270245
- Category:
- International relations
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 20-07-2008
- Publisher:
- United States Institute of Peace Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.7kg
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