by Mark Bowden
First published 2012
For a decade, Osama bin Laden evaded the world's most elite forces. Until one fateful night, when a covert team of Navy SEALs closed in on his secret compound. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the daring mission that finally brought down the 9/11 mastermind, as told through the perspectives of a determined President and a desperate fugitive.
Genres: biography, history, action, 21st-century, military-history, american-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: covert-operation, manhunt
Setting: United States, Pakistan, Pāṭa
Period: 21st Century
266 pages · Hardcover · Atlantic Monthly Press