{"product_id":"9781938120664","title":"The Hunt for Bin Laden","description":"The long and secret effort to track down Osama bin Laden has been called the biggest, costliest manhunt in history. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post, this reconstruction- compiled from reporting from more than two-dozen Washington Post correspondents and staffers from over more than 15 years-  traces the hunt from its beginnings in 1997, during the Clinton administration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN is a behind-the-scenes narrative that reveals the fourteen-year, billion-dollar effort that brought the hunt to a swift and conclusive end, including:\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003e The numerous times CIA agents had bin Laden in their crosshairs prior to 9\/11, only to have missions canceled at the last moment.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e Vivid details of bin Laden’s behavior in the wake of the attacks on September 11th.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e The myriad of ways he evaded detection in his years on the lam, including his narrow escape from the caves and tunnels of Tora Bora.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e How the war in Iraq drained resources and diverted the spotlight from the hunt, turning the mission to kill or capture bin Laden into a back-burner operation and political liability for the Bush administration.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e It wasn't until the Iraq war began to wind down that the search gained its endgame momentum, the Post shows, reclassified as a highest priority again by a new president.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e How increasingly punishing drone attacks, interrogations of captured al Qaeda operatives, and an ever-expanding network of informants finally began to yield a trail that led to bin Laden’s courier, a cell phone interception, and ultimately, bin Laden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151709683952,"sku":"9781938120664","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938120664_p0.jpg?v=1769898201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938120664","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}