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The looming tower : Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 / Lawrence Wright.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Lawrence, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Qaida (Organization).
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Government policy.
- United States.
- Intelligence service--United States.
- Intelligence service.
- Physical Description:
- 469 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 2006.
- Summary:
- This sweeping narrative history of 9/11 includes important new information about the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks, told for the first time from both the American and Arab sides of the story.
- Contents:
- 1 The Martyr 7
- 2 The Sporting Club 32
- 3 The Founder 60
- 4 Change 84
- 5 The Miracles 99
- 6 The Base 121
- 7 Return of the Hero 145
- 8 Paradise 163
- 9 The Silicon Valley 176
- 10 Paradise Lost 187
- 11 The Prince of Darkness 202
- 12 The Boy Spies 213
- 13 Hijira 224
- 14 Going Operational 237
- 15 Bread and Water 245
- 16 "Now It Begins" 262
- 17 The New Millennium 287
- 18 Boom 301
- 19 The Big Wedding 333
- 20 Revelations 362.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-438) and index.
- ISBN:
- 037541486X
- OCLC:
- 64592193
- Publisher Number:
- 9780375414862
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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