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The Looming Tower Signed First Edition Reference
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Alfred A. Knopf, 2006) traces the origins of al-Qaeda from Sayyid Qutb’s imprisonment in Egypt through the rise of Osama bin Laden and the intelligence failures that allowed the September 11 attacks to succeed. Wright’s narrative is powered by hundreds of interviews and documents that reveal how bureaucratic rivalry between the CIA and FBI prevented the detection of the plot. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Signed Copy Market Values
- Signed first in jacket: $50–$125
- Unsigned first in jacket: $12–$25
The definitive book on the origins of 9/11 — adapted into a Hulu series and widely taught in counterterrorism and intelligence studies programs.