The Looming Tower

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non-fiction book

The Looming Tower is a critically acclaimed non-fiction book by Lawrence Wright that traces the rise of al-Qaeda and the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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The Looming Tower canonical 4
The Looming Tower (TV series) 3
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
adaptationFormat television miniseries ⓘ
adaptationNetwork Hulu ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 2018 ⓘ
author Lawrence Wright ⓘ
awarded National Book Award finalist ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 ⓘ
awardYear 2007 ⓘ
basedOn court records ⓘ
extensive interviews ⓘ
government documents ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
deweyDecimalClassification 973.931 ⓘ
focusesOn intelligence failures before 9/11 ⓘ
rise of al-Qaeda ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
political non-fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Looming Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Looming Tower (TV series)
hasEdition hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-375-41486-2 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification HV6432.7 .W75 2006 ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableCharacter John O’Neill ⓘ
notableFor detailed narrative of the road to 9/11 ⓘ
integration of biography and political history ⓘ
pages approximately 480 ⓘ
publicationDate 2006 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting Afghanistan ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subject Ayman al-Zawahiri ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Islamist terrorism ⓘ
Osama bin Laden ⓘ
September 11 attacks ⓘ
U.S. counterterrorism policy ⓘ
al-Qaeda ⓘ
timePeriodCovered events leading up to September 11, 2001 ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ

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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction → notableWinningWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ
The Looming Tower → hasAdaptation → The Looming Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower (TV series)
Jennifer Ehle → notableWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower (TV miniseries)
Lawrence Wright → notableWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright → adaptedTo → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower (TV series)
Lawrence Wright → basedOn → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
John O’Neill → subjectOf → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower (book)
John O’Neill → subjectOf → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower (TV series)
John O’Neill → describedIn → The Looming Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Jeff Daniels → notableWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ
Amr Waked → notableWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ
The End of October → authorNotableWork → The Looming Tower ⓘ