| Description |
xviii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The Gathering Storm -- 1. The Seventeenth Son -- 2. The Dark Defile -- 3. Terror Incorporated -- 4. War Against America -- 5. The Exile -- 6. The Innocents -- 7. The Sleeping Giant -- Pt. II. Anatomy of Murder -- 8. September 11 -- 9. The Egyptian -- 10. Between Two Worlds -- 11. The Shadow and the Playboy -- 12. The Hamburg Cell -- 13. Deadly Lessons -- 14. Below the Radar -- 15. Targets -- 16. The European Connection -- 17. The Muscle Arrives -- 18. Countdown to Zero Hour -- 19. The Last Night -- Pt. III. War on Terror -- 20. Draining the Swamp -- 21. The Road to Tora Bora -- 22. Al-Qaeda Strikes Again -- 23. Operation Anaconda -- 24. Where is Bin Laden? |
| Summary |
"In Al-Qaeda, Jane Corbin, crosses four continents in search of bin Laden's terror network. The result of four years research, reporting and travel throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and America, she has conducted hundreds of interviews with key eyewitnesses, investigators, and intelligence officers around the world." "Tracing al-Qaeda's roots back to the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan, Corbin picks up the complicated trail that led to the collapse of the Twin Towers and beyond. Exploring the tradecraft of "The Base," she shows how they used the training drilled into them in the Afghan terror camps to stay below the radar of the world's most sophisticated intelligence agency. Here too are descriptions of the parallel deadly plots to kill hundreds in Europe, only uncovered in their final stages." |
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"Finally, as President Bush's "war on terror" in Afghanistan poses more questions than it answers, Corbin examines the West's response to the threat of al-Qaeda and declares it a failure."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Published in Great Britain by Simon and Schuster UK Ltd. in 2002; revised Pocket Books edition edition 2003 |
| Subject |
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
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Qaida (Organization)
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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| LC no. |
2002071983 |
| ISBN |
1560254262 (cloth) |
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