The assassination of Osama bin Laden
By: Julia Garbus, editor
Edition: 1st edition.
Series: Perspectives on modern world history; Perspectives on modern world history
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780737773064
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; United States. Navy. SEALs; Qaida (Organization); Assassination; Navy SEALS; United States; Special operations (Military science); Terrorism; History; Prevention; Osama Bin Laden
Description: "Perspectives On Modern World History: The Assassination Of Osama Bin Laden dives into the historical background of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. This volume discusses the controversies surrounding the SEALS raid and showcases personal narratives from the event"--From the publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background on the assassination of Osama bin Laden; title: Al Qaeda : Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization / Mathieu Guidr̈e; title: Terror memos authorized harsh interrogation techniques / Warren Richey; title: SEALs assassinate Bin Laden in Pakistan / Nicholas Schmidle; title: The US president announces Bin Laden's death / Barack Obama; title: Pakistan's parliament condemns the raid / Senate of Pakistan and National Assembly; title: The Abbottabad Commission Report is leaked to the media / South Asian Media Network; title: Controversies surrounding the assassination of Osama bin Laden; title: Harsh interrogation techniques helped the United States find Bin Laden / Michael B. Mukasey; title: Harsh interrogation techniques are ineffective and immoral / John McCain; title: Who actually killed Bin Laden is unclear / Rupert Cornwell; title: Bin Laden's death brings welcome closure / David Paul Kuhn; title: Osama bin Laden's perverted legacy / Harlan Ullman; title: Bin Laden's killing raises many legal issues / Thomas Darnstd̃t; title: Bin Laden's killing was lawful / Harold Hongju Koh; title: The fight against Bin Laden cost much and yielded little / Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley; title: Mission impossible : Bin Laden's death shows that the war on terror was always a fraud / Andrew J. Bacevich; title: Years after Bin Laden's death, al Qaeda remains a threat / Graeme Green; title: Personal narratives; title: Bin Laden's wives describe the raid / Abbottabad Commission Report; title: An Abbottabad resident live-tweets the raid / Sohaib Athar and Jolie O'Dell; title: President Obama nervously watches the raid / Barack Obama, interviewed by Steve Kroft; title: The Bin Laden situation room revisited; title: one year later / Jamie Crawford.