Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America
1999 non-fiction book by Yossef Bodansky
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Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (ISBN 0-7615-1968-8) is a New York Times Bestseller by Yossef Bodansky, the former Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare.
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| Author | Yossef Bodansky |
|---|---|
| Subject | Osama bin Laden |
| Genre | biography |
| Publisher | Forum |
Published in English | 2001 |
| Pages | 439 |
| ISBN | 0-7615-1968-8 for 2001 ed. |
| OCLC | 48093501 |
| Dewey Decimal | 958.1046092 |
| LC Class | HV6430.B55 B63 |
The book provides a full account of the rise of Osama bin Laden and discusses Islamism. Bodansky concludes "Ultimately, the quintessence of bin Laden's threat is his being a cog, albeit an important one, in a large system that will outlast his own demise -- state-sponsored international terrorism." The book details support from Sudan and Afghanistan but claims that perhaps bin Laden's biggest supporter is Iran.[1] Bodansky also alleges a cooperative relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.[2] The book's success as best-seller was amid controversy of a purported political agenda therein.[3]
