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This work is a dramatic account of the hunt for and defeat of Osama bin Laden draws on unprecedented access to primary sources to trace how key decisions were made, revealing events from the perspectives of an adept President Obama and an increasingly despondent bin Laden. After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden managed to vanish. Over the next ten years, as the author shows, America found that its war with al Qaeda, a scattered group of individuals who were almost impossible to track, demanded an innovative approach. Step by step, the author describes the…

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17 editions · 4 languages
  • Audiobook · English · 2013
    Brilliance Audio · 9781480516922
  • Audiobook · English · 2012
    Brilliance Audio · 9781469270227
  • Audiobook · English · 2012
    Brilliance Audio · 9781469275796
  • Audiobook · English · 2012
    Brilliance Audio · 9781469270234
  • Other · English · 2013
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    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 288 pages · 9780802121523
  • Other · English · 2013
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    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9781611855753
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