The Bin Ladens : The Story of a Family and Its Fortune Tapa blanda - 2008

Penguin, Australia, 2008. Trade Paperback. As New. Trade Paperback. 671 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 2008. *** CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The rise and rise of the Bin Laden family is one of the world's great stories of the 20th century: the repercussions of that rise have, of course, already deeply marked the 21st century. And yet, it is a story that has never been properly told. Their affairs shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most powerful, closed and unaccountable countries on earth, the Bin Ladens have - until now - successfully fended off all attempts to understand the world from which Osama sprang. In only two generations, the men and women of the Bin Laden family moved from a desert canyon in Yemen to luxury jets, yachts and private compounds around the world. The religious and cultural pressures could not have been greater. This resulted in everything from enthusiasm for the West, exemplified by Osama's brother… Leer más