num_pages: 576
description: This is the definitive account of the run-up to 9/11: from the man who lit the spark of radical Islam in 1948, to those who built up a terror network, and to the FBI agent whose warnings of 'something big' coming were ignored until the Twin Towers fell.
language: English
title: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11
titlecomplete: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11
genres: Religion, War, Politics, Nonfiction, Audiobook, American History, Terrorism, Islam, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 31618
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Lionel Gelber Prize, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Helen Bernstein Book Award
category: Excellence in Journalism, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Arthur Ross Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: IRE AWard, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
publisher: Penguin Books