{"product_id":"countdown-bin-laden-the-untold-story-of-the-247-day-hunt-to-bring-the-mastermind-of-911-to-justice-9781982176532","title":"Countdown Bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the MasterMind of 9\/11 to Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing Chris Wallace's \"riveting\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"propulsive\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) first book \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945 \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. During that secret session, they tell Panetta that agents have tracked a courier with deep Al Qaeda ties to a three-story house at the end of a dead-end street in Abbottabad, Pakistan. But they say it's more than a house--it's a heavily protected fortress. No one in the meeting says the name bin Laden. They don't have to. Everyone understands that finally, after nearly a decade, maybe, just maybe, they've found the world's most wanted man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCountdown bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated journalist and CNN anchor and Max host Chris Wallace delivers a vivid account of the final eight months of intelligence gathering, national security strategizing, and meticulous military planning that leads to the climactic mission when SEAL Team Six closes in on its target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book delivers new information collected from Wallace's in-depth interviews with more than a dozen central figures, including Admiral William H. McRaven--leader of the operation in Pakistan--as well as CIA Director Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and the SEAL Team Six special operator who kills Osama bin Laden. Wallace also brings to life the human elements of this story, talking to families who lost loved ones on 9\/11, sharing what relatives of SEAL Team Six went through, and bringing us inside the tense Situation Room during the raid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCountdown bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting about the race to apprehend and bring to justice the mastermind of the most consequential terrorist attack in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Wallace's Countdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 4.61w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982176532","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709438791817,"sku":"9781982176532","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7eb94cd7-34d2-4a3a-b0b8-9d68d7293884.jpg?v=1719516124","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/countdown-bin-laden-the-untold-story-of-the-247-day-hunt-to-bring-the-mastermind-of-911-to-justice-9781982176532","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}