The looming tower : Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 / Lawrence Wright.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2006.Description: [xi], 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1400030846 (pbk.)
  • 9781400030842 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 6432.7 .W75 2005
Contents:
The martyr -- The sporting club -- The founder -- Change -- The miracles -- The base -- Return of the hero -- Paradise -- The Silicon Valley -- Paradise lost -- The prince of darkness -- The boy spies -- Hijira -- Going operational -- Bread and water -- "Now it begins" -- The new millennium -- Boom -- The big wedding -- Revelations.
Summary: Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that led to the tragedies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-500) and index.

Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that led to the tragedies.

The martyr -- The sporting club -- The founder -- Change -- The miracles -- The base -- Return of the hero -- Paradise -- The Silicon Valley -- Paradise lost -- The prince of darkness -- The boy spies -- Hijira -- Going operational -- Bread and water -- "Now it begins" -- The new millennium -- Boom -- The big wedding -- Revelations.

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