How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan - Rilegato

Gutman, Roy

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ISBN 10: 1601270240 ISBN 13: 9781601270245

Casa editrice: Potomac Books Inc, 2008

Riassunto

Focusing principally on events and policy missteps in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, award-winning journalist Roy Gutman weaves a narrative that exposes how and why the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the Western media "missed the story" in the leadup to 9/11. He advances this narrative carefully and persuasively and approaches his subject with an objective, journalistic eye, drawing heavily on his own original research and extensive interviews with key players both in the United States and abroad. Arguing that the U.S. government made a strategic mistake by categorizing bin Laden's murderous assaults prior to 9/11 as terrorism, he ultimately concludes that the core failure was in the field of U.S. foreign policy.Sure to attract a wide audience, this first-rate, deeply engaging volume makes a highly original contribution to our understanding of the events and mistakes that ultimately led to 9/11 - and offers much-needed insight so that such a story is not missed again.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Potomac Books Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1601270240
• ISBN 13: 9781601270245
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 321