The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower won the Pulitzer Prize and was a National Bestseller. 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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN-13
- 9780307266088
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Al-Qaeda and terrorism911 attacksIslamic fundamentalism
Awards
- J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeWon(2007)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(2007)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryWon(2006)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2006)
Other awarded books from Lawrence Wright
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
- Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David
- God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
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