Lawrence Wright A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, screenwriter, and staff writer for "The New Yorker"

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Synopsis:

A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, The Looming Tower is a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America.

 

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Topics/Categories:

Government, Nonfiction, Politics, True Crime, World Affairs

Type of Work:

Book

Publishers:

Knopf Publishing Group

Awards:

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Lionel Gelber Award for Nonfiction Los Angeles Times Award for History New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

Purchase From:

Barnes and Noble


Original Publish Date:

2006-08-06

ISBNs:

037541486X

Formats:

Hardcover