The looming tower
Subtitle: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11
By: Lawrence Wright
Edition: 1st Vintage books ed., [rev.].
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Qaida (Organization); Intelligence service; Government policy; Terrorism; September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) fast (OCoLC)fst01112794
Description: 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.
Notes: "With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-510) and index.

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