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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

by Wright, Lawrence

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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.

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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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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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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