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Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist Hardcover – January 31, 2002

by Adam Robinson (Author)

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Osama bin Laden pretends to be a selfless freedom fighter seeking to rid the Islamic world of Western dominance+and the de facto leader of the Muslim faithful. This biography tells the story of a different man, one whose troubled childhood and adolescent excesses in sex, money, and alcohol, fractures his assumed moral superiority, and renders him more human than icon. Based on information provided by the bin Laden family, extensive independent research, and an insider+s view developed during his current and longtime residence in the Middle East, the author brings a thorough knowledge of the region+s politics and society to the story, and underscores the contradictions that make up the real Osama bin Laden.

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302 pages
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English
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Arcade Publishing
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January 31, 2002
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6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
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1559706406
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978-1559706407
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcade Publishing; 1st edition (January 31, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1559706406
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559706407
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.39 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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Deborah J. Boyd

About what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2012

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There are many books about Bin Laden and each has a perspective. To some extent they are all accurate but there was nothing that outstanding about this one. The writer is better than average.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2006

This book chronicles the son of a great Saudi-Arabian self made millionaire who uses his connections in the Arab world, as well as around the globe, to establish the most feared terror organization in the history of mankind. This book looks at the person Osama Bin Laden and not just the image that is portrayed of him. From his early years, through the beginnings of his Islamic fundamentalist beginnings, through his current state of refugee, Adam Robinson looks at the life struggles of Osama, the current struggles of Islam, as well as the all the related historical and current events relating to Bin Laden.

Although he is in no way sympathetic to Osama Bin Laden, Adam Robinson does exactly what he intended to do in this book, he shows the reader the man behind the mask. While providing a great deal factual information concerning the early stages of the Saudi state, and chronicling the past eighty years of Middle East history, Adam Robinson is able to show the reader how this man behind the mask fits in to, and has effected the course of world history. When finished with the book the reader is left with knowledge of a person and his surroundings, not just the image that is portrayed of Osama and the Arab world by the media.

The concepts and the amount of information is undergraduate level or above. Some basic knowledge of Middle Eastern history and geography is necessary to fully absorb the book's contents however.

Osama - still out there, still dangerous

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2002

This is the most detailed and up-to-date biography of the world's leading terrorist. Osama bin Laden comes from a super-rich, well-connected Yemeni/Saudi family; he was traditionally raised and is desert-hardened; he was a playboy for a time (sex, drink, and drugs), but then returned to fundamentalist roots; he possesses great administrative skills and charisma, which he first put to use in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Why his great hatred of both America and the Saudi royal family? What was the insult that most motivates him? The author penetrates into Osama's psychology, with the benefit of exclusive interviews with many bin Laden family members.
Osama spent 10 years in creating Al-Qaeda, the network of volunteer "freedom fighters"; and another 10 in organizing what has been called "Terror Inc." - a modern, global enterprise. Does Osama's terror have a rational goal after all? What would satisfy Osama? You'd be surprised at the author's conclusion.
Every public library, scholarly library, embassy, international police agency, secret service, political scholar, and informed citizen should take a look at this book. After all, Osama is presumably still out there, armed and dangerous. Bombs do not seem to have brought him to justice, so maybe a more thoughtful approach is called for. I think some clues for finding him may be found in this book.

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Too much sensationalism

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2006

Although this is the first book devoted to bin Laden's life I have read, I can't believe that there are not better out there bidding for our attention.

Robinson seems to have in his mind that we need to see the master terrorist through his prism, so he overlays useful facts and chronologies of periods of bin Laden's life with his own sensationalism and interpretation, including claims of homoeroticism in the al-Qaeda leader's relationship with two of his male counterparts.

A severe drawback of this book is also a complete lack of sources, either published or named people.

When he does manage to stay away from innuendo and assumption, Robinson's book does have quite a bit to offer. For me, however, these times do not come often enough.

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"The Man, The Myth, The Devil !"

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2002

I cannot believe some of these journalist! Using monsters like Bin Laden to claim their fifteen minutes of fame! As well, I cannot not believe there are...like us out there buying trash like this to help them achieve it! What a sad lot of humans we have all become!

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