📚 4 Books mentioned in "Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #244" of Lex Fridman Podcast

so he has a mineconf He has a type does he have a thing where he's kind of collected works

The speaker asks if Bin Laden has a collected works similar to 'Mein Kampf'.

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so it was only a verso in the uk that published a famous volume called messages to the world which was the first combining compendium of of banan's writings

The speaker mentions this book as the first published compendium of Bin Laden's writings, published by Verso in the UK, highlighting its unavailability in American publishing.

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so you know we have my conf we have all this other stuff You can buy the collective works of lin and stalin mao whatever you want in whatever language you want But bin laden was taboo for american publishing

The speaker compares the availability of collected works of historical figures like Lenin, Stalin, and Mao to the lack of published works by Bin Laden in American publishing, mentioning 'Mein Kampf' as an example.

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um i mean the visual imagery experts will know that it's from you know like the the chaname like an ancient persian you know epic that iranians were attached to that afghans are attached to that people can quote you know at length um it has mythical figures of good and evil that kids grow up embodying they're named the names of the characters that are um it's called the book of kings

The speaker mentions this ancient Persian epic, also known as Shahnameh, and its cultural significance in Afghanistan and Iran, noting its mythical figures and use in storytelling and poetry.

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