TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Lawrence
TI  - The looming tower : : Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 / 
SN  - 9781400030842
AV  - HV6432.7. W75 2006
PY  - 2006///.
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Knopf, a Division of Random House, 
KW  - Qaida (Organization)
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
KW  - Terrorism
KW  -  Government policy
KW  -  United States.
KW  - Intelligence service
N1  - “First vintage books edition, September 2007”—reverse of title page.
“National bestseller”—cover page.
“Marvelous….a heart-stopping account … written with style and verve…. A thoughtful examination of the world that produced the men who brought us 9/11—the New York Times Book Review”—cover page.
“With a new afterword”—cover page
; Contents: Map—Prologue—1. The martyr—2. The sporting club—3. The founder—4. Change—6. The base—7. Return of the hero—8. Paradise—9. The silicon valley—10. Paradise lost—11. The prince of darkness—12. The boy spies—13. Hijira—14. Going operational—15. Bread and water—16. “Now it begins”—17. The new millennium—18. Boom—19. The big wedding—20. Revelations—Afterword to the Vintage Books edition (2011)—Principal characters—Notes—Bibliography—Author interviews—Acknowledgments and notes on sources—Index

ER  -