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Osama bin Laden Messages to the World (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Messages to the World : the Statements of Osama Bin Laden
- Publication Name
- Messages to the World
- Subtitle
- The Statements of Osama Bin Laden
- Translator
- James Howarth
- Contributor
- James Howarth (Translated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1844670457
- EAN
- 9781844670451
- ISBN
- 9781844670451
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
- Release Year
- 2005
- Release Date
- 17/11/2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 15.6 Oz
- Title
- Messages to the World
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Topic
- Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Islamic Studies, Terrorism, Political
- Number of Pages
- 292 Pages
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Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror." Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings. These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al Qaeda. In bringing together the various statements issued under bin Laden's name since 1994, this volume forms part of a growing discourse that seeks to demythologize the terrorist network. Newly translated from the Arabic, annotated with a critical introduction by Islamic scholar Bruce Lawrence, this collection places the statements in their religious, historical and political context. It shows how bin Laden's views draw on and differ from other strands of radical Islamic thought; it also demonstrates how his arguments vary in degrees of consistency, and how his evasions concerning the true nature and extent of his own group, and over his own role in terrorist attacks, have contributed to the perpetuation of his personal mythology.
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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1844670457
ISBN-13
9781844670451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46917266
Product Key Features
Book Title
Messages to the World : the Statements of Osama Bin Laden
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Islamic Studies, Terrorism, Political
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv6430.B55
Edition Description
Annotated Edition
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'eoeWestern media have made no consistent effort to publish bin Laden's statements, thereby failing to give their audience the words that put his thoughts and actions in cultural and historical context ... Bin Laden has been precise in telling America the reasons he is waging war on us. None of the reasons have anything to do with our freedom, liberty and democracy, but have everything to do with US policies and actions in the Muslim world.'e�, "A magnificent piece of eloquent, at times even poetic Arabic prose ... in devising strategies to fight the terrorists, it would be useful to understand the forces that drive them."--Bernard Lewis, Foreign Affairs "Expertly edited."--Boyd Tonkin, Independent "Western media have made no consistent effort to publish bin Laden's statements, thereby failing to give their audience the words that put his thoughts and actions in cultural and historical context ... Bin Laden has been precise in telling America the reasons he is waging war on us. None of the reasons have anything to do with our freedom, liberty and democracy, but have everything to do with US policies and actions in the Muslim world."--Michael Scheuer "Despite the religious rhetoric and the bloody means, bin Laden is a rational man. There is a simple reason why he attacked the US: American imperialism. As long as America seeks to control the Middle East, he and people like him will be its enemy."--Michael Mann "This vital collection of Bin Laden's statements ... provides an invaluable insight into his thinking by bringing his disparate pronouncements within a single set of covers."--Malise Ruthven, Sunday Times "Here, with a shrewd, scholarly introduction from Bruce Lawrence, is the complete bin Laden reader."--Peter Preston, Observer "Collectively, these messages are the closest we will ever have to the terrorist leader's Mein Kampf ."--Mary Braid, Independent on Sunday "The first complete collection of the Saudi's statements published today portrays a world in which Islam's enemies will take the first steps towards salvation by embracing the 'religion of all the Prophets.'"-- Daily Telegraph, "A magnificent piece of eloquent, at times even poetic Arabic prose ... in devising strategies to fight the terrorists, it would be useful to understand the forces that drive them."-Bernard Lewis, Foreign Affairs "Expertly edited."-Boyd Tonkin, Independent "Western media have made no consistent effort to publish bin Laden's statements, thereby failing to give their audience the words that put his thoughts and actions in cultural and historical context ... Bin Laden has been precise in telling America the reasons he is waging war on us. None of the reasons have anything to do with our freedom, liberty and democracy, but have everything to do with US policies and actions in the Muslim world."-Michael Scheuer "Despite the religious rhetoric and the bloody means, bin Laden is a rational man. There is a simple reason why he attacked the US: American imperialism. As long as America seeks to control the Middle East, he and people like him will be its enemy."-Michael Mann "This vital collection of Bin Laden's statements ... provides an invaluable insight into his thinking by bringing his disparate pronouncements within a single set of covers."-Malise Ruthven, Sunday Times "Here, with a shrewd, scholarly introduction from Bruce Lawrence, is the complete bin Laden reader."-Peter Preston, Observer "Collectively, these messages are the closest we will ever have to the terrorist leader's Mein Kampf ."-Mary Braid, Independent on Sunday "The first complete collection of the Saudi's statements published today portrays a world in which Islam's enemies will take the first steps towards salvation by embracing the 'religion of all the Prophets.'"- Daily Telegraph
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-027355
Dewey Decimal
958.104/6092
Dewey Edition
22
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