The Looming Tower - Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Wright has written for many years for the New Yorker and is the author of the bestselling The Looming Tower, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Klappentext Compelling, original and strongly written, this book tells the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Chosen by many as a 2006 'Book of the Year' this paperback edition has been given a strong mass market look to bring it to a wide audience. 'The most detailed (and thrilling) account we have of the events that led to the destruction of the Twin Towers' "Observer" Books of the Year. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. This title investigates the extraordinary group of idealogues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. It takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Wright
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2007
• EAN: 9780141029351
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102935-1
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; PP HISTORY PB; Penguin Pocketbooks; PP HISTORY PB
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; 11. Sept. 2001 (WTC N.Y.), Terrorismus, USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, United States of America, USA