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“A gripping read…Bergen
has an eye for memorable close-ups. His narrative has authority…Packed with
satisfying observations…Highly readable.”
— Economist
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“Some of the more
illuminating sections of Manhunt
concern the efforts of intelligence analysts to piece together a ‘working
theory’ about Bin Laden’s whereabouts…Also fascinating are the descriptions of
internal debates within the Obama administration.”
— New York Times
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“The best reporting
we have on the subject.”
— Nation
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“Bergen…draw[s] on
his excellent government sources, his deep knowledge of al Qaeda, and his
reporter’s instincts (which got him into the Abbottabad compound just after the
raid). His book is full of fascinating details and illustrates the immense
pressure on national security bureaucracies to provide options to policymakers
and then reduce the risks associated with their implementation.”
— Foreign Affairs
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“Gripping…Dramatic…A
masterful account of bin Laden’s life and activities, how al Qaeda operated in
the aftermath of September 11, and the American government’s success in
tracking down the world’s most notorious terrorist leader.”
— Washington Times
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“Terrific…A
fast-paced narrative that takes you into the search for the most-wanted man in
human history.”
— Daily Beast
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“Uncanny access and
research…A fascinating account…The story is riveting because it is as if Bergen
were embedded everywhere—the situation room of the White House, three miles
high in the rugged mountains of Tora Bora, and alongside the Navy SEALS who
would put a quick and dramatic end to bin Laden’s life.”
— San Antonio Express-News
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“I devoured it. It’s
an important book, which I urge you to read as soon as you can…Bergen’s
moment-by-moment account of the raid makes for gripping, even breathless,
reading.”
— Bismarck Tribune
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“This superbly
researched account of the United States’ decade-long effort to track and kill
bin Laden provides the intimate details on virtually every critical decision
along the way…The book actually transcends its subject matter, demonstrating
the best practices of critical thinking by the people who do it best…Present[s]
the evidence on both sides of even the most controversial issues, without
agenda or bias…Compelling and authoritative.”
— Huffington Post
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“Dispassionate and
authoritative…What the author brings to this epic story is context and
perspective…Bergen has the credibility to tell this story.”
— Miami Herald
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“Bergen offers rather
intriguing profiles of the four wives…Bergen’s telling of the actual operation—flashing
from Special Ops movements to administration anticipation, including the White
House Correspondents Dinner, where Seth Meyers famously made a crack about Bin
Laden having a show on C-SPAN—is riveting.”
— Los Angeles Review of Books
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“In Manhunt, Peter Bergen has produced a
page-turner rich with new information and insight into the search for Bin Laden
and his killing. Only Bergen, America’s foremost counterterrorism writer, could
have produced a book of such energy and authority—a triumph.”
— Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars
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“Ten years of grit,
intelligent hard work, and daring led to Operation Neptune Spear, and Bergen
captures it all in a story that is both a riveting page turner and a definitive
history. Revealing details of bin Laden’s last years in self-imposed prison,
the debates of the CIA analysts who tracked him, and the training of the SEALs
who killed him, Manhunt is essential
reading for anyone who wants to know the real story of how the world’s most
wanted terrorist was finally brought to justice.”
— Eric Greitens, author of The Heart and the Fist
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“With masterly
reporting, Peter Bergen takes us where we’ve never been: behind the high walls
of Osama bin Laden’s last hideout and behind the scenes of the heroic and
painstaking hunt for the Al Qaeda mastermind. Manhunt is a thrilling read.”
— Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor