Measuring History:The Cold War & 911
Explore the definitive books on modern conflict with our curated reading list, featuring Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower and Ghost Wars—essential Cold War and 9/11 history for deep insight into the events that shaped our world.
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century In gripping narrative that spans five decades, Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat. Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is a sweeping, unprecedented history of the long road to September 11.
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The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
by Lucas, Edward
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Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda
by Mueller, John E.
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Inside the Soviet Alternate Universe: The Cold War's End and the Soviet Union's Fall Reappraised
by Combs, Dick
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