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Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America. By Yossef Bodansky; published by Prima Publishing, 916/787-7000 (phone), 916/787-7001 fax); 439 pages, $27.95
Who is Osama bin Laden and why is he saying those terrible things about the United States? The man who has become public enemy number one is a mystery to most people. Yossef Bodansky may help change that. Bodansky has written the first authoritative book on the notorious terrorist financier, an extensive piece that chronicles the events of bin Laden's life and the terrorist network he developed to strike at the United States.
This account presumes to reveal the secret deals, agreements, and arrangements of terrorists and states responding to bin Laden's call for jihad, or holy war. While the thoroughness of Bodansky's narrative is impressive, it suffers from its complete faith in available information to arrive at the truth.
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