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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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 Nonfiction → Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 →
awardYear	2007 →
basedOn	court records → extensive interviews → government documents →
countryOfOrigin	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 (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 →
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 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jennifer Ehle ("The Looming Tower (TV miniseries)") → Lawrence Wright ("The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11") →	notableWork
John O’Neill ("The Looming Tower (book)") → John O’Neill ("The Looming Tower (TV series)") →	subjectOf
Lawrence Wright ("The Looming Tower (TV series)") →	adaptedTo
Lawrence Wright ("The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11") →	basedOn
John O’Neill ("The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11") →	describedIn
The Looming Tower ("The Looming Tower (TV series)") →	hasAdaptation
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction →	notableWinningWork