The Looming Tower
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What’s it about?
A riveting account of the rise of al-Qaeda and the intelligence failures that led to 9/11, tracing the parallel paths of radical Islamists and American officials.
You’ll learn
- How Sayyid Qutb's ideology fueled modern jihadism
- The alliance between bin Laden and Zawahiri
- Why FBI-CIA rivalry blinded U.S. intelligence
- How bureaucratic failures made 9/11 preventable