The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Hardcover) by Lawrence Wright

from 4bonasa

The best chronology of events leading up to the attack on the United States on 9/11. The author covers all the bases without an agenda and allows the reader to make their own conclusions. A must read for everyone. If you've read a better history of 911 send me a note.

from mensheviklibrarian

Excellent, heart breaking look at the history of Al-Qaeda and the half-hearted attempts by the US government to stop them. Wright places the intellectual and political development of Al-Qaeda firmly within the context of oppressive Middle Eastern regimes and the geopolitics of the Cold War. It so...

from melancholycat

I just finished this book for class and I must say it is an excellent read. I have never been terribly interested in studying the Middle East or learning more about those responsible for 9/11, but Lawrence made the subject interested and I couldn't put the book down. Even though I remember the ex...

from ethanr

Without a wasted word, Wright tells the history of bin Laden, Zawahiri and al-Queda. Immediately, I have a deeper understanding of current news stories about Pakistan, Afghanistan and global terrorism.

from ThorHeyerdahl

A thorough, scholarly, and complete explanation of the rise of militant Islam, and a clear exposition of the West's dismal failure to appropriately respond- with ultimately devastating results. Refreshingly apolitical. Wright demonstrates that radical Islam is a product of regional repression, an...