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The looming tower : Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 / Lawrence Wright.
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TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2007.Description: [xi], 550 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN: - 1400030846 (pbk.)
- 9781400030842 (pbk.)
- ARCH FRBC 973.93 W947L 22
- HV6432.7 .W75 2007
Contents:
Summary: Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that led to the tragedies.
The martyr -- The sporting club -- The founder -- Change -- The miracles -- The base -- Return of the hero -- Paradise -- The Silicon Valley -- Paradise lost -- The prince of darkness -- The boy spies -- Hijira -- Going operational -- Bread and water -- 'Now it begins' -- The new millennium -- Boom -- The big wedding -- Revelations.
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SAIACS Archives Room | Frykenberg Collection | ARCH FRBC 973.93 W947L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 066777 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-550) and index.
The martyr -- The sporting club -- The founder -- Change -- The miracles -- The base -- Return of the hero -- Paradise -- The Silicon Valley -- Paradise lost -- The prince of darkness -- The boy spies -- Hijira -- Going operational -- Bread and water -- 'Now it begins' -- The new millennium -- Boom -- The big wedding -- Revelations.
Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that led to the tragedies.
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