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Books : The Looming Tower
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: The Looming Tower
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by: Lawrence Wright
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780141029351
Format: Import
ISBN: 0141029358
Label: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: September 30, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Sales Rank: 775343
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Outstanding, a must read for every American and peace loving human
As cliche as this sounds, this book is a "must read" for anyone who values peace, freedom, love, and America. All the good points on this book have already been said, I just wanted to give it my 5 stars!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Overview
I found this to be a great book to start understanding not only Al-Qaeda and 9/11, but the implications of US foreign policy and the blowback it creates. This is one of the first books I recommend to people who have not dug into the matter as it opens up many doors to areas of further study. Like an earlier reviewer said, its coverage of more recent events, like 9/11, is rather flimsy and unsubstantial. However, I attribute this to the events' proximity, rather than a lack of scholarship.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential Reading for the informed
1. This is a semi-dry book, but an important / landmark book; required reading for all those who wish to be part of the increasingly small but well informed electorate.

2. Buy it, read it, and deal with the realities of the 21rst century.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - a detailed history of Al Qaeda
This narrative traces the beginnings of modern Islamic terrorism from the idealogy of Eygptian Sayyid Qutb in the middle of the 20th century to the culmination of many of his ideas in the construction of terrorist cells and eventually the events of September 11, 2001.

Much of the book follows the characters of Qutb, Zawahari, Bin Laden and friends from their childhoods. Less time is spent on the USA's pre-9/11 counterterrorism tactics which is seen through the lens of the FBI's John O'Niel.

Many will read this book hoping to find the answer as to "Why do they hate us and want to kill us?". The answer is simple and complex and we would do well to look at it without the rhetoric of "they hate us because of our freedom" (though it may be true in some indirect sense). They do hate us because of our freedom - for example our sexual freedom which we often export to the nations that we intrude ... Read More



 

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