Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America, Revised Edition » (Revised)

Michael Scheuer is a twenty-plus-year CIA veteran. From 1996 to 1999, he

served as the Chief of the bin Laden unit (aka Alec Station), the Osama bin

Describes the motives and determination of radical Muslims like Osama bin Laden and their quest to destroy America and the West.

Publishers Weekly

Here "a senior U.S. civil servant with two decades of experience in the U.S. intelligence community's work on Afghanistan and South Asia" argues that the U.S. was unprepared for September 11 because "our own naivet and insularity led us to underestimate the complexity and determination of our adversaries." Examining bin Laden's words and his leadership qualities, the author says that Al Qaeda remains largely intact and that its next attack will be more lethal than September 11. (Sept. 1) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Chapter 1 Context for Understanding Bin Laden's Aims
Chapter 2 Obstacles to Understanding Bin Laden
Chapter 3 Chasing Bin Laden's Money
Chapter 4 Getting to Know Bin Laden: Substantive Themes of the Jihad
Chapter 5 Getting to Know Bin Laden: Character Traits
Chapter 6 Young Bin LAden: Family, Education, and Religion, 1957-1979 Chapter 7 Bin Laden and the Afghan War, 1980-1989: Facilitator, Engineer, Fighter, and Visionary
Chapter 8 Bin Laden and the Saudis, 1989-1991: From Favorite Son to Black Sheep
Chapter 9 Bin Laden in Exile: Afghanistan and the Sudan, 1991-1996
Chapter 10 Bin Laden Begins: Inciting and Waging Johad from Sudan, 1992-1996
Chapter 11 Bin Laden Returns to Afghanistan: Getting Settled and Politicking
Chapter 12 Bin Laden in Afghanistan: Targeting America and Expanding Al-Qaeda
Chapter 13 Bin Laden Stands at Armageddon and Battles for His Lord
Chapter 14 What to Expect from Al Qaeda
Chapter 15 Spring 2002: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
Epilogue
Glossary