CNN's terrorism analyst examines Osama bin Laden's global terrorist network, al-Queda, discussing its operations and mission, the planning and execution of specific terrorist acts, and future threats from militant Islamic movements.

Includes maps of: Sites of Terrorist Acts Linked to Osama bin Laden. "A Touchstone book." "Updated with new chapters"--Cover. Originally published: New York : Free Press, 2001.

How to find the world's most wanted man -- While America slept -- The Afghan Jihad: the making of a holy warrior -- Blowback: the CIA and the Afghan War -- The Koran and the Kalashnikov: Bin Laden's years in Sudan -- From the peaks of the Hindu Kush: the declaration of war -- Investigation and retaliation: the embassy bombings -- The American connection: from Brooklyn to Seattle -- True believers: the Taliban and Bin Laden -- The holy warriors of Yemen: the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole -- The global network: around the world in eighty Jihads -- Afterword.