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" There wasnt a meeting when someone didnt mention Black Hawk Down. ""
- A senior Obama administration official as"ed in The New York Times 02/05/2011 From Mark Bowden internationally bestselling & acclaimed author of Black Hawk Down & the preeminent chronicler of the actions of the US military & special forces writing today comes an intensely gripping account of the hunt for & elimination of Osama bin Laden. With unprecedented access to key sources & his great gift for storytelling Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made & where the action unfolded. The story focuses on bin Laden who maintained a steady stream of despairing correspondence in hiding in the year before his death & on President Obama perceived by many as an anti-war candidate because of his opposition to the Iraq War whose evolving views & enormous responsibilities have turned him into one of the most determined warriors to ever inhabit the White House. It details the rapid evolution of war-fighting methods over the last decade as American special forces & intelligence agencies have adapted to fight non-state enemies like Al-Qaeda & how they came together seamlessly in May 2011 to kill the worlds most notorious terrorist. Tracing the operation in blow-by-blow detail Bowdens book is an unrivaled account of the most high-profile special forces operation ever to have been undertaken & a page-turning narrative of how the man behind 9/11 was finally brought to justice.""