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The Looming Tower

ISBN: 9781400030842 | 1400030846
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Vintage
Pub. Date: 8/21/2007

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
National Book Award Finalist 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 l... MORE
Mapp. xi
Prologuep. 3
The Martyrp. 9
The Sporting Clubp. 38
The Founderp. 69
Changep. 97
The Miraclesp. 114
The Basep. 139
Return of the Herop. 165
Paradisep. 185
The Silicon Valleyp. 200
Paradise Lostp. 213
The Prince of D... MOREp. 230
The Boy Spiesp. 242
Hijirap. 254
Going Operationalp. 260
Bread and Waterp. 278
"Now It Begins"p. 297
The New Millenniump. 325
Boomp. 340
The Big Weddingp. 376
Revelationsp. 408
Principal Charactersp. 423
Notesp. 435
Bibliographyp. 489
Author Interviewsp. 501
Acknowledgments and Notes on Sourcesp. 509
Indexp. 519
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.
Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He 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. The author of five works of nonfiction—City Children, Country Summer; In the New World; Saints and Sinners; Remembering Satan; and Twins—he has also written a novel, God’s Favorite, and was cowriter of the movie The Siege. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.


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