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- Format: Hardcover Learn more about the Hardcover format using Tower WIKI.
- Number of Pages: 688
- ISBN: 1594201641
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111473911
- Release Date: April 1, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #64527 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #1700 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #415 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Bin Ladens" by Steve Coll to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Bin Ladens"Browse more products related to "Steve Coll"Review"THE BIN LADENS is not so much a book about Osama bin Laden himself, or his terrorist network and political aspirations, as about the power structures of modern Saudi Arabia. And in this it is most informative." "[T]hrough government papers and interviews with various bin Laden associates, [Coll] gives us a judicious, painstaking and vivid picture of an exotic family pulled in two directions by world events." "Beneath the clutter, one discerns an engrossing portrait of a family torn between tradition and modernity, conformism and self-actualization, and desperately in search of its soul." "[A] stunningly researched and grippingly told new book....THE BIN LADENS...ought to be read by anyone who really wants to understand the origins of the current crisis." "Urgent and important reading." Publisher's noteA two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the best-selling Ghost Wars traces the Bin Laden family's rise to power and privilege, describes the diverse lifestyles of the generation to which Osama bin Laden belongs, and discusses their attempts to recover from the effects of September 11. AnnotationThis well-researched and high-interest family portrait reveals the bin Laden family's extensive business ties to America, and how they rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous. Journalist Stephen Coll provides portraits of Salem bin Laden, a wheeling and dealing investor who loved America's pop culture, and the Yemeni businessman Mohamed, whose business interests in the Middle East declined before his untimely death in an airplane accident. Watching it all is Mohamed's son, a young and impressionable Osama bin Laden. If You Enjoy "The Bin Ladens (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Bin Ladens (Hardcover)" by Steve Coll (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General Bestsellers
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