In the name of Osama bin Laden : global terrorism & the bin Laden brotherhood / Roland Jacquard ; Samia Serageldin, consulting editor ; George Holoch, translator.
By: Jacquard, Roland
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002Description: xii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0822329778 (cloth : alk. paper); 0822329913 (pbk. : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Au nom d'Oussama Ben Laden. English Subject(s): Bin Laden, Osama, 1957- | Terrorists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography | Terrorists -- Afghanistan -- Biography | Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- IslamDDC classification: 958.104/6/092 LOC classification: HV6430.B55 | J3313 2002Online resources: Table of contents only Revised, updated English translation of: Au nom d'Oussama ben Laden. Paris : Picollec, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-287) and index.
A young man from a good family -- From Riyadh to Peshawar -- Banished to Sudan -- Among the Taliban -- The Islamic Legion -- The anti-American crusade -- Target: bin Laden -- Osama bin Laden confronts the Arab world -- The bin Laden brotherhood -- Asian fever -- The bin Laden network's billions -- Drugs and terrorism -- Jihad's new weapons.
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