The Bin Ladens: Oil, Money, Terrorism and the Secret Saudi World
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (528 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0141036486 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 688 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is now a staff writer for the New Yorker. He covered Afghanistan as the Washington Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992 and was the Post's managing editor from 1998 to 2004. He is the author of five books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil. . He lives with his wife and three children in Maryland. He also won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. Steve Co
Little has been known about the world that created Osama - until now. The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most closed, unaccountable countries on earth. In doing so, he reveals a Saudi Arabia torn between religious purity and the temptations of the West, telling a story of oil, money, power, patronage and dangerous cultural extremes.. In this gripping account prizewinning journalist Steve Coll has interviewed those closest to the family who rose from Yemeni peasants to jetsetting millionaires in two generations
Masterful Ross Nelligan Due to one (very) rotten egg in the family, the Bin Laden name has been irretrievably mired. This book is a fantastic exploration of the whole Bin Laden clan, without making Osama the main character. From their humble beginnings in Yemen to their complex relationship with the Saudi Royal Family and the riches and opportunities that came with that.Th. The BIn Ladens Joan Glastonbury I found this a most interesting book, not only for the story of the Bin Ladens but a look at Middle East politics. And the relationship of the Middle East and the West.. "Illuminating" according to Dan B. A typically in-depth, well researched book by Steve Coll. Aside from attempting to unfurl the complexity of personalities within the enormous bin Laden family, Coll delves into the outrageously exuberant lifestyles of the al Saud's. An excellent read.
'Enthralling ! explains a great deal about the tentacles that run from Riyadh to touch a wider world, tentacles of corruption, ambition, hedonism and dislocation ! a classic saga' Observer 'A rich and fluent portrait of a family and a country and of their deeply conflicted relationship with America' Economist 'Grippingly told ! ought to be read by anyone who really wants to understand the origins of the current crisis' Los Angeles Times