About this title: Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror." Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings. These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al Qaeda. In bringing together the various ...
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition. Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine with no blemishes, writing, underlining, names, or marks. Only the very slightest of edgewear. An excellent copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 292 p. Audience: General/trade. "A magnificent piece of eloquent, at times even poetic Arabic prose...in devising strategies to fight the terrorists, it would surely be useful to understand the forces that drive them. " Bernard Lewis, Foreign Affairs. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
Description: Very Good+ xxiii, 292pp. Very clean and sound. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VERSO
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
Description: New. The first English translation of the complete statements by Osama bin Laden, has been placed in its historical and theological context by renowned Arabist, Bruce Lawrence. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781844670451ISBN:1844670457
Description: New. Bringing together the various statements issued under Bin Laden's name, this volume forms part of a discourse, including Jason Burke's "Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam" and Adam Curtis's, "The Power of Nightmares", that seeks to contextualiz... read more
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"The good thing about this book, besides the text of Osama's words and messages, is that it is very well annotated. Anytime Osama uses references to the Qu'ran or other Islamic works, it is identified in the footnotes. Also, other people, events, and so on are identified in order to provide context. At times, looking at some of the footnotes can be interesting. However, this is not exactly a page turner, part of the reason I gave it only two-stars. It is a bit slow reading. Yet, Osama emerges as a very talented and thoughtful orator for one as well as knowledgeable of his religion and beliefs. Thus, I think it is an important book. Certainly, researchers will find it of interest. College students who may be writing papers on topics related to terrorism and the Middle East may want to look at it as well. Overall, anyone wanting to get a better sense of the man and his movement should be reading this book."
"A fascinating insight into bin Laden's worldview. This is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand what motivates Islamic fundamentalist terrorism and why extremist groups are gaining the support of moderate Muslims."
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