The Base by Jane Corbin
The 1990s saw many attacks against American military and government offices. The perpetrators were assumed to be Islamic fundamentalists. On 11 September 2001 the scale of this conflict changed. This study covers the September attacks and the response, as well as the build-up of pressure before.
The 1990s saw a number of attacks against American targetsThe perpetrators were presumed to be Islamic fundamentalists, protesting against the presence of the US in Saudi Arabia. On 11 September 2001, however, the scale of this conflict changed dramatically. The only terrorist group that could credibly have mounted such a devastating campaign was al-Qaeda, many of whose members are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the annihilation of America or the promotion of Islam. Osama Bin Laden has now effectively admitted his leadership of al-Qaeda and its involvement in the US atrocities. Who is he? Corbin's masterly study of not just the 11 September attacks and the response to them but, crucially, the build-up of pressure before, answers these and many other questions in its chilling portrayal of the world's most hunted man.
Jane Corbin is a senior foreign correspondent for the BBC's flagship current-affairs programme, PANORAMA. She had been researching Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network since the US Embassy attacks in 1998, and wrote and produced the first profile of Bin Laden to be shown on British television in the aftermath of the September 11 atrocities. She lives in London and Chipping Norton.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743230735 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743230736 |
| Titel | The Base |
| Autor | Jane Corbin |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-07-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 320 |
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