Jawbreaker: The attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda
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Jawbreaker: The attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda | |
Author | Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo |
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Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Biography, Political, Military |
Publisher | Crown |
Publication date | 27 December 2005 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 328 (Hardcover edition) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-307-23740-0 (Hardcover edition) |
Jawbreaker: The attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda: A personal account by the CIA's key field commander is an autobiographical book by Gary Berntsen describing the time he spent in Afghanistan at the beginning of the American campaign against the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In his acknowledgements, Berntsen describes that his original manuscript has been censored by the CIA. The text of the book contains black bars to indicate where material has been censored.
[edit] Release details
- 2005, United States of America, Crown Publishers ISBN 0-307-23740-0, Pub date 27 December 2005, Hardcover
- 2006, United States of America, Three Rivers Press ISBN 0-307-35106-8, Pub date 24 December 2006, Paperback