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The Looming Tower

The Story of Al Qaeda, 1948-2001

The Looming Tower( )
Author: Wright, Lawrence
ISBN:978-0-7139-9976-1
Publication Date:Aug 2006
Publisher:Penguin Books, Limited
Imprint:Allen Lane
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $35.00
Book Description:

Brilliantly written, compelling and highly original, The Looming Toweris 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 idealogues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. There is the tormented Egyptian Sayyid Qutb, whose writings on the godlessness of America turned him into a martyr for Islamic extremists. There is Ayman...
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Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Terrorism
Religion / Religion, Politics & State
History / United States / 21St Century
Religion / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.4 x 23.4 x 3.6 cm
Book Weight:0.648 Kilograms
Author Biography
Wright, Lawrence (Author)
Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947), Pulitzer Prize winning author, graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

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.

Wright is the author of the books God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (2018), Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013), Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (2006), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are (1999), Remembering Satan (1994), Saints & Sinners (1993), In the New World: Growing Up in America, 1964-1984 (1987), and City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish (1979).

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