The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Paperback

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The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Paperback

The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Paperback

by Lawrence Wright
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A "heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11" (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping 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.

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century - A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years

In gripping narrative that spans five decades, 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 a sweeping, unprecedented history of the long road to September 11.
ISBN9781400030842
Author Lawrence Wright
PublisherVintage
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages592
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Paperback

The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Paperback

By Lawrence Wright

About Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. The author of five works of nonfiction--City Children, Country Summer; In the New World; Saints and Sinners; Remembering Satan; and Twins--he has also written a novel, God's Favorite, and was cowriter of the movie The Siege. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.

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