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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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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

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 unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat. Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is the definitive history of the long road to September 11.

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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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  • 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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  • 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

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 576 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1400030846
  • ISBN-13: 9781400030842
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pub date: Aug 21, 2007
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Others
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