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勞倫斯•賴特(Lawrence Wright),畢業於杜蘭大學,曾在埃及開羅的美國大學執教兩年。他是《紐約客》雜誌的正式撰稿人,也是紐約大學法學院法律與安全中心的會員。著有5部非虛構作品——《城市孩子,鄉村夏天》、《在新世界》、《聖人與罪人》、《迴憶撒旦》,《雙胞胎》;還寫有小說《上帝的寵兒》,並與人閤著瞭電影《全麵圍攻》的劇本。他與妻子長年居住在得剋薩斯州奧斯汀。2007年,他因《末日巨塔》一書獲普利策奬。
A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright’s remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
The Looming Tower achieves an unprecedented level of intimacy and insight by telling the story through the interweaving lives of four men: the two leaders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri; the FBI’s counterterrorism chief, John O’Neill; and the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal.
As these lives unfold, we see revealed: the crosscurrents of modern Islam that helped to radicalize Zawahiri and bin Laden . . . the birth of al-Qaeda and its unsteady development into an organization capable of the American embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and the attack on the USS Cole . . . O’Neill’s heroic efforts to track al-Qaeda before 9/11, and his tragic death in the World Trade towers . . . Prince Turki’s transformation from bin Laden’s ally to his enemy . . . the failures of the FBI, CIA, and NSA to share intelligence that might have prevented the 9/11 attacks.
The Looming Tower broadens and deepens our knowledge of these signal events by taking us behind the scenes. Here is Sayyid Qutb, founder of the modern Islamist movement, lonely and despairing as he meets Western culture up close in 1940s America; the privileged childhoods of bin Laden and Zawahiri; family life in the al-Qaeda compounds of Sudan and Afghanistan; O’Neill’s high-wire act in balancing his all-consuming career with his equally entangling personal life—he was living with three women, each of them unaware of the others’ existence—and the nitty-gritty of turf battles among U.S. intelligence agencies.
Brilliantly conceived and written, The Looming Tower draws all elements of the story into a galvanizing narrative that adds immeasurably to our understanding of how we arrived at September 11, 2001. The richness of its new information, and the depth of its perceptions, can help us deal more wisely and effectively with the continuing terrorist threat.</p>
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評分 評分这本书出版于2007年,从埃及圣战者易卜拉欣到美国写起,结束于911事件美国发动阿富汗战争。如今十年过去了,两场战争都已经烂尾,而又一本描绘了Isis崛起历史的《黑旗》再一次包揽了普利策奖。 反恐反来反去,好像毫无进展,除了政府更大了,债务更多了,公民隐私更少了,监控...
評分厚厚一本,砖头一样。可读性很好,考据也详实。前半本讲基地组织的成立,后半部讲其发起的恐怖袭击,最后以9/11收尾。作者耐着性子熬了将近400才最终点题。读的时候一直有紧迫感,会意识到随着右手可感的剩余页数的减少而无可避免将到来的灾难(得感叹 The Looming Tower 这个...
評分我一直喜欢看一些关于内幕的东西,而911则始终是我浓厚的兴趣点,我记得曾经在我中学的时候就买过911调查报告的书,A4开本的上下册,至今还躺在家里的书柜上,只看了一点点后来也就没时间和精力继续读下去了。 这本《巨塔杀机》是我一直以来的阅读兴趣所在,关注了很久终于买...
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