Peter Bergen

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1) The rise and fall of Osama bin Laden

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Bergen sheds light on bin Laden's many contradictions: he was the son of a billionaire, yet insisted his family live like paupers. He adored his wives and children, depending on two of his wives, both of whom had PhDs, to make important strategic decisions, yet he also brought ruin to his family. He was fanatically religious, yet willing to kill thousands of civilians in the name of Islam. He inspired deep loyalty yet, in the end, his bodyguards turned...

2) United States of Jihad: investigating America's homegrown terrorists

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Bergen, Peter

Pub. Date

[2016]

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387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

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Presents a look at "homegrown" Islamist terrorism, from 9/11 to the present, discusses the perpetrators who have acted both in the U.S. and abroad, and examines the controversial tactics used to track potential terrorists. --Publisher's description.

3) The longest war: the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda

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Bergen, Peter

Pub. Date

c2011

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xx, 473 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. , maps ; 24 cm.

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New York Times bestselling author Peter Bergen's definitive account of al Qaeda's evolution since 9/11 and the U.S. government's responses.

4) Trump and his generals: the cost of chaos

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Bergen, Peter

Pub. Date

2019.

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386 pages ; 25 cm

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"From one of America's preeminent national security journalists, an explosive, news-breaking account of Donald Trump's collision with the American national security establishment, and with the world. It is a simple fact that no president in American history brought less foreign policy experience to the White House than Donald J. Trump. The real estate developer from Queens promised to bring his brash, zero-sum swagger to bear to cut through America's...