No, this book won't "help us to know our enemy better".
WHY? Because a compilation of OBL's speeches are flowery, changeable, and unlike MEIN KAMPH, or even THE PRINCE, what we learn from them is that Islam is the ONLY religion, all infidels must be crushed, it's time that Muslims spit on the West because it is the West who is responsible for "keeping all Muslims down", and that Muslim must and shall take over the world. That's the cliff's notes of ALL of his speeches.
I take it that you haven't ever read and/or heard the translations of dear old OBL. :-)
Lawrence is assuming that we can "win the hearts and minds" of trained from birth terrorists. That's insane, unless we take every baby Muslim Palestinian, Pakistani, Yemeni, etc., kill their parents and the rest of the adults, and raise in some other religion! Oh yes, and forbid the teaching ( brain washing ) of anyone, anywhere, in Whahabbism, NOI, and every other offshoot, fringe "black Muslim" American made-up Islamic cult.
""Lawrence is assuming that we can "win the hearts and minds" of trained from birth terrorists. That's insane"
Rush Limbaugh has said we can. And President Bush believes we can. That's why we're still in Iraq, that's what our men our fighting and dying for. Of course we could stand back and nuke them, instead we're building schools and bringing Democracy to the people of Iraq.
Our men are not dying for nothing.
""I take it that you haven't ever read and/or heard the translations of dear old OBL. :-)""
""Some of bin Laden's letters have been inaccessible, and previous English translations of them from Arabic have been flawed, said Bruce Lawrence. ""
Wow, you're all wound up tonight! That's it, no more watching "Clockwork Orange" for you.:)