The Looming Tower : Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Condition:Very Good the stories in this collection

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The Looming Tower : Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Condition:Very Good the stories in this collectionA gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented 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. 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