Coll, Steve

"[Provides an] explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia"--Amazon.

Presents the history of the Bin Laden family, covering Mohammed Bin Laden's rise to riches helping develop Saudi Arabia and describing the family's global integration with various outcomes, from Osama Bin Laden's extremism to his brother Salem's career as a pilot and investor.

"An investigation into the secretive corporation traces the period between the Exxon Valdez accident and the Deepwater Horizion spill to profile chief executives Lee Raymond and Rex Tillerson as well as the company's role in violent international incidents"--Provided by publisher.

Reveals the CIA's and other foreign intelligence agencies' covert operations in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, discussing how their efforts helped bin Laden build his global organization of terrorists.

Provides an overview of CIA and other covert operations in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, detailing efforts to capture or kill bin Laden and the failure to stop the events of September 11th.