Comments on: Review of “The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11″ by Lawrence Wright http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/29/review-of-the-looming-tower-al-qaeda-and-the-road-to-911-by-lawrence-wright.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tdaxp, Ph.D. » Blog Archive » Books I’ve Read in 2010 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/29/review-of-the-looming-tower-al-qaeda-and-the-road-to-911-by-lawrence-wright.html/comment-page-1#comment-550890 tdaxp, Ph.D. » Blog Archive » Books I’ve Read in 2010 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:53:49 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8256#comment-550890 [...] The Looming Tower: al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright [...] [...] The Looming Tower: al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright [...]

]]> By: tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/29/review-of-the-looming-tower-al-qaeda-and-the-road-to-911-by-lawrence-wright.html/comment-page-1#comment-340816 tdaxp Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:55:59 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8256#comment-340816 I agree completely. I cannot believe how long I ignored it. I think its that there were so many pop-political pop-histories that came out shortly after 9/11, some sadly by the principals involved in the story, that jewels like this got lost. It is amazing. I agree completely.

I cannot believe how long I ignored it.

I think its that there were so many pop-political pop-histories that came out shortly after 9/11, some sadly by the principals involved in the story, that jewels like this got lost.

It is amazing.

]]> By: Purpleslog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/29/review-of-the-looming-tower-al-qaeda-and-the-road-to-911-by-lawrence-wright.html/comment-page-1#comment-340815 Purpleslog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:55:02 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8256#comment-340815 I read the book over Christmas. I wish I read it it sooner. If somebody can only read one book to get context of the war we are in, this is the book. I read the book over Christmas. I wish I read it it sooner. If somebody can only read one book to get context of the war we are in, this is the book.

]]> By: BrentGrace http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/29/review-of-the-looming-tower-al-qaeda-and-the-road-to-911-by-lawrence-wright.html/comment-page-1#comment-340813 BrentGrace Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:47:24 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8256#comment-340813 Weird. I picked this book up at a used book store about a year ago and put it on the shelf figuring I'd get around to it when I had the time. I picked it up earlier this week and finished it on Wensday night. I think the Looming Tower should be read along with/right after Ghost Wars by Steven Coll and Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile to get a pretty solid picture of how America came be involved in the Af/Pak theater. Weird. I picked this book up at a used book store about a year ago and put it on the shelf figuring I’d get around to it when I had the time. I picked it up earlier this week and finished it on Wensday night.

I think the Looming Tower should be read along with/right after Ghost Wars by Steven Coll and Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile to get a pretty solid picture of how America came be involved in the Af/Pak theater.

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