Looming tower
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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.
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This is the definitive account of the run-up to 9/11: from the man who lit the spark of radical Islam in 1948, to those who built up a terror network, and to the FBI agent whose warnings of 'something big' coming were ignored until the Twin Towers fell.
'The Looming Tower is a thriller. And it's a tragedy, too' The New York Times
'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
'Possibly the best book yet written on the rise of al-Qaeda ... beautifully written and wonderfully compelling' William Dalrymple
'We meet some formidable schemers and killers ... fabulists crazed with blood and death' Martin Amis
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 september 2007
Aantal pagina's: 469
Illustraties: Met illustraties
Hoofdauteur: Lawrence Wright
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 130 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 38 mm
Verpakking lengte: 201 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 437 g
EAN: 9780141029351