The Bin Ladens: Oil, Money, Terrorism and the Secret Saudi World
Autor Steve Collen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2009
In this gripping account prizewinning journalist Steve Coll has interviewed those closest to the family who rose from Yemeni peasants to jetsetting millionaires in two generations. In doing so, he reveals a Saudi Arabia torn between religious purity and the temptations of the West, telling a story of oil, money, power, patronage and dangerous cultural extremes.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141036489
ISBN-10: 0141036486
Pagini: 704
Ilustrații: 16 pp b/w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141036486
Pagini: 704
Ilustrații: 16 pp b/w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Steve
Coll
is
most
recently
the
author
of
the
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
bestsellerGhost
Wars.
He
also
won
a
1990
Pulitzer
Prize
for
explanatory
journalism.
He
covered
Afghanistan
as
theWashington
Post's
South
Asia
bureau
chief
between
1989
and
1992
and
was
thePost's
managing
editor
from
1998
to
2004.
He
is
now
a
staff
writer
for
theNew
Yorker.
He
is
the
author
of
five
books,
includingOn
the
Grand
Trunk
RoadandThe
Taking
of
Getty
Oil.
He
lives
with
his
wife
and
three
children
in
Maryland.
Recenzii
"A fascinating panorama . . . about a man and his family [and] the powerful impact they have made on our times."
-The Washington Post
"Riveting . . . the most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet."
-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Stunningly researched and grippingly told . . . [The Bin Ladens] ought to be read by anyone who really wants to understand the origins of the current crisis."
-Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
-The Washington Post
"Riveting . . . the most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet."
-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Stunningly researched and grippingly told . . . [The Bin Ladens] ought to be read by anyone who really wants to understand the origins of the current crisis."
-Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Coll continues where "Ghost Wars" leaves off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the 21st century.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Coll continues where "Ghost Wars" leaves off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the 21st century.