2012FromMarkBowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comesThe Finish, a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources,Bowdentakes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden managed to vanish. Over the next ten years, asBowdenshows, America found that its war with al Qaeda—a scattered group ofindividuals who were almost impossible to track—demanded an innovativeapproach. Step by step,Bowdendescribesthe development of a new tactical strategy to fight this war—the fusionof intel from various agencies and on-the-ground special ops. Afterthousands of special forces missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rightweapon to go after bin Laden had finally evolved. By Spring 2011,intelligence pointed to a compound in Abbottabad; it was estimated thatthere was a 50/50 chance that Osama was there.Bowden