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Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad - the Ten-Year Search for Osama bin Laden

Peter Bergen

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EAN: 9781446496473
Published: 3 May 2012

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Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multi-dimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade, as well as the recent campaign that gradually tightened the noose around him. Other key elements of the book will include:

* A careful account of Obama's decision-making process in the final weeks and days as the raid was planned, as well as what NSC cabinet members were advising him. The fascinating story of a group of mostly women analysts at the CIA in the HVT (high value target) section, who never gave up assembling the tiniest clues about OBL's whereabouts

* The untold and action-packed history of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and the SEALs, which accounts for the confidence Obama had in tasking them with the mission

* An analysis of what the death of OBL means for al Qaeda, for the wider jihadist movement that looked to him for inspiration and strategic guidance, and for Obama's legacy.

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What the critics say

Tells the story of the search with considerable authority and conviction
- Sunday Times

His narrative has authority... Manhunt is packed with satisfying observations
- The Economist

Meticulously reported, pacy and authoritative
- Observer

A very good, well-sourced account, as good on the White House, the military and the CIA as on what happened in Abbottabad, and as good as we're likely to get, short of an official version
- Spectator

The book makes for a rattling and thoroughly researched read on the last days of the world’s most notorious terrorist
- Daily Telegraph

Makes for a riveting read
- Mail on Sunday

Painstakingly researched
- Independent

Grippingly narrated… Has the feel of a definitive work
- Guardian

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About the Author

PETER BERGEN is a National Security Analyst for CNN and the author of three previous books about al Qaeda and the U.S.-led war on terrorism, including Holy War, Inc., a New York Times bestseller that has been translated into eighteen languages. Bergen is also the director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation and a research fellow at NYU's Center on Law and Security. He has reported on al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, counterterrorism, and the Middle East for a wide range of newspapers and magazines.