In The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen provides unique and in-depth insights in the definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century, and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today. Peter Bergen describes the dimensions and contradictions in Bin Laden’s life: as a family man, as a terrorist leader, and as a fugitive. Through exclusive interviews with family members and associates, and documents unearthed only recently, Bergen’s portrait of Osama will reveal for the first time who he really was and why he continues to inspire a new generation of jihadists.