The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Wright, Lawrence
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Fifth Printing. very good, good. 469, illus., maps, principal characters, notes, bibliography, notes on sources, index, DJ creased. A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, foxusing on the interweaving lives of four men: the two leaders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri; the FBI's counterrorism chief, John O'Neill; and the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal.
Synopsis
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is a historical look at the way in which Al-Qaeda came into being, the background for various terrorist attacks and how they were investigated, and the events that led to the 9/11-2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The book was written by Lawrence Wright, and he received a Pulitzer Prize for it. The Looming Tower is largely focused on the people involved; what they were like, why they did what they did, and how they interacted.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54117
- Title
- The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- Author
- Wright, Lawrence
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 037541486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414862
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 9/11, al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, John O'Neill, Turki al-Faisal, Terrorism, Intelligence, FBI
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