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Beschreibung

The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most closed, unaccountable countries on earth. Little has been known about the world that created Osama - until now.

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. 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.

The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most closed, unaccountable countries on earth. Little has been known about the world that created Osama - until now.

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. 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.

Über den Autor
Steve Coll is Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. His major books include Private Empire, The Bin Ladens and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780141036489
ISBN-10: 0141036486
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Coll, Steve
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 197 x 129 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Steve Coll
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2009
Gewicht: 0,482 kg
Artikel-ID: 136532992