The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
Author(s): Steve Coll
In "The Bin Ladens," two- time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues where "Ghost Wars" left off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the twenty-first century. Rising from a famine-stricken desert into luxury, private compounds, and even business deals with Hollywood celebrities, the Bin Ladens have benefited from the tensions and contradictions in a country founded on extreme religious purity, suddenly thrust into a world awash in oil, money, and the temptations of the West. But what do these incongruities mean for globalization, the War on Terror, and America's place in the Middle East? Meticulously researched, "The Bin Ladens" is the story of a remarkably varied and often dangerous family that has used money, mobility, and technology to dramatically different ends.
General Information
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- : Penguin Putnam Inc
- : Penguin USA
- : 0.63
- : 214mm X 142mm X 38mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Steve Coll
- : Paperback / softback
- : 953.8052
- : 671
- : illustrations
- : illustrations
More About The Product
Steve Coll is most recently the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Bin Ladens." He is the president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute headquartered in Washington, D.C., and a staff writer for "The New Yorker." Previously heworked for twenty years at "The Washington Post, " where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of six other books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller "Ghost Wars."