Steve Coll Bücher

Die erste umfassende Darstellung der Familie, aus der Osama Bin Laden stammt. Brillant recherchiert Woher kommt Osama Bin Laden? Der zweifache Pulitzer-Preisträger Steve Coll schildert mit zahlreichen bisher unbekannten Details Aufstieg, Leben und Einfluss der Familie Bin Laden, aus deren Mitte der meistgesuchte Terrorist der Welt stammt. Aus einfachen Verhältnissen im Jemen kommend wurde sie in Saudi-Arabien zu einer der reichsten Familien des Landes mit globalen Beziehungen in Wirtschaft und Politik. Bis zum 11. September 2001. Eine spannende Geschichte, die die Zerrissenheit der arabischen Welt zwischen Tradition und Moderne zeigt. Zeigt exemplarisch die Zerrissenheit und Widersprüchlichkeit der arabischen Welt. Der Autor wurde mehrfach mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet.

From the managing editor of "The Washington Post" comes this news-breaking account of the CIA's involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Laden's al Qaeda.

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll comes a definitive exploration of the complex relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, revealing how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris culminated in a costly geopolitical conflict. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was justified by claims of weapons of mass destruction, but their absence forced a reevaluation of the political and intelligence failures that preceded the war and the ensuing civil strife. A key question remains: why did Saddam create the illusion of possessing dangerous weapons, risking his long-held power? Coll meticulously examines the power dynamics and geopolitics that led to America’s disastrous engagement with Iraq, detailing the miscalculations throughout its decades-long relationship with Saddam. He traces Saddam’s ascent to power in 1979 and the inception of Iraq’s secret nuclear program, offering insights into his motives through the perspectives of his inner circle. The narrative brings to life the diplomats, scientists, and military leaders who were compelled to follow a man responsible for immense suffering and violence. Utilizing unpublished sources, interviews, and Saddam’s own transcripts, Coll constructs a comprehensive portrait of a leader who perceived the world as a threat. This significant work highlights how the corruptions of power and diplomatic deception on both sides resulted in avoidable statecraf

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeda's evolution. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of Bin Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.

Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic' Evening Standard. 'In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism' The Times. 'Spectacular ... makes Bourne movies pale in comparison' Financial Times. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars, this narrative details America's grim involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016. Following the shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. urgently sought to eliminate Bin Laden and his associates, leveraging its prior experience in Afghanistan, where it had collaborated with the Taliban against the Soviet Union. A complex web of assumptions, past alliances, and resentments was reignited. While the initial invasion appeared swift and effective, Bin Laden's escape, alongside much of the Taliban leadership, exposed a catastrophic failure to define NATO's mission in a challenging, impoverished nation. Central to the issue was 'Directorate S', a covert branch of the Pakistani state with its own agenda regarding the Taliban and regional power dynamics involving Pakistan, India, and China, which anticipated a quick U.S. withdrawal. This remarkable account reveals the profound consequences of flawed foreign policy decisions and the tragic loss of lives that ensued.

An “extraordinary” and “monumental” exposé of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll (The Washington Post) In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States—Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe—featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin—and the narrative is driven by larger-than-life characters, including corporate legend Lee “Iron Ass” Raymond, ExxonMobil’s chief executive until 2005. A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.

A gritty, lively, and revelatory look inside the crucial and volatile nation of Pakistan In To Live or to Perish Forever , Nicholas Schmidle takes readers to Pakistan’s rioting streets, to Taliban camps in the North-West Frontier Province, and on many surprising adventures as he provides a contemporary history of this country long riven by internal conflict. With the intimacy and good humor available only to the most fearless and open-eyed reporters, Schmidle narrates what was arguably the most turbulent period of Pakistan’s recent history, a time when President Pervez Musharraf lost his power and the Taliban found theirs, and when Americans began to realize that Pakistan’s fate is inextricably linked with our own. In February 2006 Schmidle had traveled to Pakistan hoping to learn about the place dubbed “the most dangerous country in the world.” It was while there that he befriended a radical cleric (who became an enemy of the state and was killed), came to crave the smell of tear gas (because it assured him that he was sufficiently close to the action), and in the end, was deported by the Pakistani authorities, managed to get back into the country, and was chased out a second time.