The Looming Tower
Few creative works have provided the level of insight into the inner workings of the September 11th attacks the way that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright’s seminal book The Looming Tower did when it was released in 2007.
Actors Jeff Daniels and Tahar Rahim attend ‘The Looming Tower’ Special Screening, The New Series broadcasted on Amazon Prime Video at Hotel Royal Monceau Raffle on February 21, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Laurent Viteur/Getty Images)
Delving into the explosive growth of Islamic fundamentalism, al-Qaeda’s rise to prominence, and all of the intelligence blunders that led to the tragic events on 9/11, the book is a veritable encyclopedia of the underpinnings that made up one of the most concerted terrorist attacks on the modern world. It would go on to see several TV adaptations, including a 2018 Hulu miniseries.