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Publisher: Vintage
Author: Lawrence Wright
ISBN: 9781400030842
Non Fiction, Historical
The Looming Tower
by
Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower by
Lawrence Wright
Reviews
"Comprehensive and compelling...Wright has written what must be considered a definitive work on the antecedents to 9/11...Essential for an understanding of that dreadful day."
Kirkus Reviews
Summary
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.
National Bestseller. Pulitzer Prize Winner. One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
