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The Looming Tower

Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)

By Lawrence Wright

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| Paperback | 9781400030842

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Book Description

National Book Award Finalist

A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year

A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecContinue

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The spectacle is all

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright 480pp, Allen Lane, £20 Forty years ago, in a scathing and prescient manifesto against consumer capitalism and celebrity culture entitled The Society of the Spectacle, the French situationi ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

The road that led to 9/11

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright Allen Lane £20, pp480 Al-Qaeda has become a virtual phenomenon. We know something exists, though what is continually debated. The evidence of its existence is limited to internet sites, intermittent statements and ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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3 Reviews

Very very interesting and scary. So many mistakes and so many lifes lost, Very interresting the descripton of the caracters involved

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mummune said on Jan 29, 2010 | Add your feedback

Excellent and compelling look at the multi-decade leadup to 911 and the development of radical Islam movement. Fascinating

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Simon Newstead said on Jul 6, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

One of the many points taken are what a bunch of arrogant shits our intelligence services are..the FBI and CIA.

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ambient pleasures said on Oct 11, 2006 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback