The Looming Tower
Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11
$54.94
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2008
Summary
Brilliantly written, compelling and highly original, The Looming Tower is the first book to tell the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9⁄11. Drawing on astonishing interviews and first-hand sources, it investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them.
There is the tormented, resentful Egyptian Sayyid Qutb, who was horrified by the godlessness and decadence he perceived in America in 1948, and whose subseq…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141029351 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141029358 |
| Author: | Lawrence Wright |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2008 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 33mm |
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Wright’s brilliantly constructed narrative is head and shoulders above the rest. He knows important parts of the Muslim world (including Saudi Arabia) at first hand, he understands the motors of Islamist militancy … Moreover, he is a fine writer with an eye for the telling detail. Even those who think they know the story intimately will feel they are reading it anew * New Statesman *One of the best and most important books of recent years. A masterful combination of reporting and writing – Dan RatherLawrence Wright’s integrity and diligence as a reporter shine through every page of this riveting narrative – Robert Caro
About The Author
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright 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. He is the author of Twins and Remembering Satan, and the co-writer of the movie The Siege.
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