Author: Wright, Lawrence
Brand: Vintage
Color: Black
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, paperback
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 540
Release Date: 21-08-2007
Part Number: 9781400030842
Details: 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
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.
EAN: 9781400030842
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches
Languages: English
