An edition of The finish (2012)

The finish

the killing of Osama Bin Laden

Large print ed.
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An edition of The finish (2012)

The finish

the killing of Osama Bin Laden

Large print ed.
  • 5 Want to read
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This work is a dramatic account of the hunt for and defeat of Osama bin Laden draws on unprecedented access to primary sources to trace how key decisions were made, revealing events from the perspectives of an adept President Obama and an increasingly despondent bin Laden. After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden managed to vanish. Over the next ten years, as the author shows, America found that its war with al Qaeda, a scattered group of individuals who were almost impossible to track, demanded an innovative approach. Step by step, the author describes the development of a new tactical strategy to fight this war, the fusion of intel from various agencies and on the ground special ops. After thousands of special forces missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the right weapon to go after bin Laden had finally evolved. By Spring 2011, intelligence pointed to a compound in Abbottabad; it was estimated that there was a 50/50 chance that Osama was there. The author shows how three strategies were mooted: a drone strike, a precision bombing, or an assault by Navy SEALs. In the end, the President had to make the final decision. It was time for the finish.

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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Language
English
Pages
419

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The finish: the killing of Osama Bin Laden
2013, Thorndike Press
in English - Large print ed.
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The finish: the killing of Osama Bin Laden
2012, Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Waterville, Me
Series
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction, Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
958.104/6092, B
Library of Congress
HV6430.B55 B69 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
419 pages (large print) ;
Number of pages
419

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26440761M
Internet Archive
finishkillingofo0000bowd
ISBN 10
1410455645
ISBN 13
9781410455642
LCCN
2012043334
OCLC/WorldCat
818985259

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