Reviews
"Virtually crackles with insider details...Bergen's Pakistani sources gave him new insight into bin Laden's home life...The details of the SEAL raid itself...[make] for compelling reading. Bergen puts the raid into a broader intelligence framework and deftly re-creates the heart-thumping tension of that night and the calculations that went into pulling off the daring mission...Bergen's three other books have become required reading for national security buffs and counterterrorism reporters. But Manhunt is different. It goes to a higher level...Bergen has accomplished a journalistic feat: He manages to make the story of bin Laden's end sound new. He has put together a real-life thriller that will be a must-read for years to come." --Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post "A gripping read...Bergen has an eye for memorable close-ups. His narrative has authority...Packed with satisfying observations...Highly readable." -- The Economist "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." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "Gripping...Dramatic...A masterful account of bin Laden's life and activities, how al Qaeda operated in the aftermath of Sept. 11, and the American government's success in tracking down the world's most notorious terrorist leader." --Joshua Sinai, Washington Times "Terrific...A fast-paced narrative that takes you into the search for the most-wanted man in human history." --Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast "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: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "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: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL "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, "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: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "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: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL "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
