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Holy War, Inc.

Peter L. Bergen

Who is Osama bin Laden, why does he say he is at war with the United States, and how did his network grow?

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Author
Peter L. Bergen

Why read it

  • You will be able to state the reasons bin Laden gives for his war, without caricature
  • You will see how the Afghan war helped shape bin Laden and his followers
  • You will learn how outside support in one war can come back as a threat later

Who it is for

  • A reader who wants the background to the September attacks
  • A student of terrorism or Middle East politics
  • Anyone who prefers evidence to caricature

Contents

  1. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
  2. Holy War, Inc.
  3. PROLOGUE How to Find the World’s Most Wanted Man
  4. CHAPTER 1 While America Slept
  5. CHAPTER 2 The Afghan Jihad: The Making of a Holy Warrior
  6. CHAPTER 3 Blowback: The CIA and the Afghan War
  7. CHAPTER 4 The Koran and the Kalashnikov: Bin Laden’s Years in Sudan
  8. CHAPTER 5 From the Peaks of the Hindu Kush: The Declaration of War
  9. CHAPTER 6 Investigation and Retaliation: The Embassy Bombings
  10. CHAPTER 7 The American Connection: From Brooklyn to Seattle
  11. CHAPTER 8 True Believers: The Taliban and bin Laden
  12. CHAPTER 9 The Holy Warriors of Yemen: The Bombing of the U.S.S. Cole
  13. CHAPTER 10 The Global Network: Around the World in Eighty Jihads
  14. AFTERWORD The Endgame

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