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

Wright, Lawrence 1947- (Author).

Summary: "A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400030842 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1400030846 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
[xi], 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-500) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The martyr -- 2. The sporting club -- 3. The founder -- 4. Change -- 5. The miracles -- 6. The base -- 7. Return of the hero -- 8. Paradise -- 9. The silicon valley -- 10. Paradise lost -- 11. The prince of darkness -- 12. The boy spies -- 13. Hijira -- 14. Going operational -- 15. Bread and water -- 16. "Now it begins" -- 17. The new millennium -- 18. Boom -- 19. The big wedding -- 20. Revelations.