Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden

by Benjamin Runkle

Book Overview

Early May 2011, in a dramatic late-night appearance at the White House, President Obama declared that "justice has been done" as he announced that Osama bin Laden was dead. After more than a decade of military operations across Central Asia and the Middle East, the Al Qaida leader who orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks was finally killed in a firefight with U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan. Although this daring raid marked the end of the longest strategic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230104851
• ISBN13: 9780230104853
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"