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.

Incredible story

Great narration, absolutely compelling recant of history. Highly recommend to anyone curious about the history of Al Qaida leading up to 9/11

Well worth the wait

I thought I had read all of the pertinent articles and books on 9/11 over the last 17 years. This book by Lawrence Wright was well worth the wait. It was well-researched, richly detailed and refreshingly opinionated. For a non-voice-over actor, he even did a decent job in the narration!

Incredible

The author does a tremendous job with the details. And the fact that he narrates it, makes it even better.

Well researched!

it's the backstory of 9-11.
Worth the listen though the written format would help with the names of those involved.

hard to keep all the names straight

still very good and disturbing how bad us intelligence messed up. worth reading, but a reference sheet of names would help. harder to keep straight while listening

I lived through it and the revelations in this book are fascinating and infuriating

I was in college when this occurred. Watched the news for the next few days just stunned. Learned later that there was no reason to be stunned. The writing was clearly on the wall. The “intelligence” services failed us from top to bottom and side to side. Upsetting and gut wrenching but well written and very detailed. Loved the book.

incredible

loved it from start to finish. I'll be listening to it again! 5 stars

Very throughly researched and laid out in a very easy to digest manor.

This book is very good and very chilling. I would love to see more people read and understand the history of the GWOT

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.