The Looming Tower

Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

De: Lawrence Wright

Narrado por: Lawrence Wright

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years

In gripping narrative that spans five decades, Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat.

Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is a sweeping, unprecedented history of the long road to September 11.

Very Detailed

Easy to listen to and fallow, not overly flooded with jargon and complected facts that would require additional research just to keep up.

one of the best audio books ever done

Wow one of the greatest non fiction books ever written. I just wish I could change the ending. Everyone knows how it ends the Towers go down but the author makes you feel the pain all over again and somehow manages to personalize the people to such an extent you will never forget them. One of the greatest books ever written. Please read or listen or both. Lest we forget.

jawdrop

should be made into a movie...... incredible, well done. poignant. John oneill is a guy we will hear of for ages.

An excellent history of the anti-American movement in the Middle East

The book traces Islamic fundamentalist anti-Americanism going back to the 1940s and more recently gives a clear picture of many of the main participants in 911 as well as the problems the CIA and the FBI had in stopping it

Excellent!

Excellent book. Well presented. Engaging and entertaining. Historically accurate. Definitely worth taking the time to listen.