{"product_id":"the-osama-bin-laden-i-know-peter-bergen-2006","title":"The Osama bin Laden I Know by Peter L. Bergen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Osama bin Laden I Know (Hardcover in Illustrated Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader, Drawn from Peter Bergen's Interviews with Those Who Knew Him\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peter L. Bergen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free Press, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780743278911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0743278917\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free Press, New York, 2006. Hardcover trade edition with the publisher's number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's black paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, in the original illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover, approximately 235 x 155 mm, 444 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The black paper-covered boards and red cloth spine are clean, with no visible wear or marks apart from one tiny red speck on the spine near the board edge. The top and fore-edges are lightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean and tight, with evenly cream-toned pages and a few small dark specks on the fore-edge region. There is a small crease to the top right corner of the title page. No writing, markings or ex-library stamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The glossy illustrated jacket with its mosaic portrait design is clean and bright, with slight rubbing and a small bump at the head of the spine. Unpriced, with a barcode sticker to the rear. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2006, The Osama bin Laden I Know is an oral history of the man who built al Qaeda. Rather than offering a single authorial verdict, Peter Bergen assembles the voices of people who knew bin Laden personally, from his high school teacher to a former bodyguard and an early al Qaeda member who later became a US informant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows bin Laden's rise through his years in Sudan and Afghanistan and the founding of al Qaeda, with those who knew him recounting his personal habits, beliefs and the growth of the organisation. The result is a close, human portrait that sits alongside the wider record of the so-called war on terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was named one of the best non-fiction books of 2006 by the Washington Post, and Richard Clarke called it a go-to resource. It was translated into French, Spanish and Polish, and inspired the CNN documentary In the Footsteps of bin Laden. A useful, well-regarded primary-source title for collectors of modern conflict history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Peter L. Bergen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter L. Bergen is a journalist, documentary producer and CNN national security analyst, born in Minneapolis. He holds a degree in Modern History from New College, Oxford. In 1997 he produced the first television interview with Osama bin Laden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other works include Holy War, Inc. (2001), The Longest War (2011) and The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden (2021). He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsama bin Laden oral history · Peter Bergen al Qaeda book · The Osama bin Laden I Know hardcover · al Qaeda history first-hand accounts · Peter L. 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