The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)

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A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year

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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; Outstanding, a must read for every American and peace loving human; As cliche as this sounds, this book is a "must read" for anyone who values peace, freedom, love, and America. All the good points on this book have already been said, I just wanted to give it my 5 stars!; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-27-2008; Great Overview; I found this to be a great book to start understanding not only Al-Qaeda and 9/11, but the implications of US foreign policy and the blowback it creates. This is one of the first books I recommend to people who have not dug into the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-10-2008; Essential Reading for the informed; 1. This is a semi-dry book, but an important / landmark book; required reading for all those who wish to be part of the increasingly small but well informed electorate. 2. Buy it, read it, and deal with the realities of the 21rst...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-02-2008; a detailed history of Al Qaeda; This narrative traces the beginnings of modern Islamic terrorism from the idealogy of Eygptian Sayyid Qutb in the middle of the 20th century to the culmination of many of his ideas in the construction of terrorist cells and eventually...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; Outstanding, a must read for every American and peace loving human; As cliche as this sounds, this book is a "must read" for anyone who values peace, freedom, love, and America. All the good points on this book have already been said, I just wanted to give it my 5 stars!; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-08-2008; Great insight into Al-Qaeda and 9/11; This is a great book for anyone wondering where Al-Qaeda came from and the events that brought us to such a terrible attack on U.S. soil. Great narrative of the early days of radical Islam as well as the events that lead to 9-11....; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2008; Lacking Key Information; I flipped through this book a while back, and simply went to the index to find some key figures in the 911 attacks... like General Mahmoud Ahmad or Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the funders of the 911 attacks. Without information like who...; read full review | report as inappropriate