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Manhunt: The Ten Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad

Bergen, Peter L.

How did the ten year hunt for bin Laden end at Abbottabad, and why did his plan to push America out of the Muslim world fail?

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Author
Bergen, Peter L.

Why read it

  • You will see how a long hunt is built from small leads, such as following one courier
  • You will understand why a simple story can keep spreading even after the plan behind it has failed
  • You will learn how a president weighed several courses of action before approving a risky operation

Who it is for

  • Someone who remembers news of the raid and wants the full story
  • An analyst or manager who works with scattered clues and needs patience
  • A reader curious how al Qaeda began and why it lost ground

Contents

  1. A NOTE ABOUT THIS BOOK
  2. PROLOGUE A COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT
  3. 1 9/11 AND AFTER
  4. 2 TORA BORA
  5. 3 AL-QAEDA IN THE WILDERNESS
  6. 4 THE RESURGENCE OF AL-QAEDA
  7. 5 A WORKING THEORY OF THE CASE
  8. 6 CLOSING IN ON THE COURIER
  9. 7 OBAMA AT WAR
  10. 8 ANATOMY OF A LEAD
  11. 9 THE LAST YEARS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
  12. Photo Insert 1
  13. 10 THE SECRET WARRIORS
  14. 11 COURSES OF ACTION
  15. 12 THE DECISION
  16. 13 DON’T TURN ON THE LIGHT
  17. 14 AFTERMATH
  18. Photo Insert 2
  19. EPILOGUE THE TWILIGHT OF AL-QAEDA

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