The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. Mr. Wright was interviewed on the BookTV Bus at the Miami Book Fair Inter…
1,115 viewsLawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. Mr. Wright was interviewed on the BookTV Bus at the Miami Book Fair Inter…
1,115 viewsMembers of Congress from both parties, writers, and journalists participated in an event marking 100 days since the death of Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.…
769 viewsLawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He talked about the history of Islamic terrorism, including Osama bin Lad…
2,962 viewsPanelists talked about global terrorism and national security issues and debated the question, “Is terrorism a threat to the American way of life?” Panelists included Lawrence Wright, Malcol…
916 viewsLawrence Wright talked about his book, Thirteen Days in September: Cater, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, in which he recounts the 1978 Camp David Accords, during which President Jimmy Carte…
921 viewsJournalists Lawrence Wright and Jim Lehrer talked about the political atmosphere of Dallas leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the changes to the city since the…
763 viewsLawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In his book, the author, who interview…
1,535 viewsLawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed…
285 viewsBook TV was live at the Miami Book Fair International, held on the campus of Miami Dade College on November 23-24, 2013.
567 viewsLawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications.
317 viewsLawrence Wright, staff writer for the New Yorker, talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In h…
1,932 views“The War of Ideas” was the second panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0: The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” The event, held in the Russell Senate Office Building, was co…
143 viewsA panel discussion on “Investigative Journalism: Getting the Story” was moderated by Dorothy Wickenden. Participants talked about journalism, various investigations they had undertaken, usin…
134 viewsFour authors discussed the topic, “Current Interest: Profiles in Terror,” moderated by Leo Braudy. They also talked about their books on terrorism. After their presentations they responded t…
214 viewsRaymond Ibrahim was interviewed about the book he edited and translated, The Al Qaeda Reader, published by Broadway. He translated key al Qaeda documents, some previously unavailable in Engl…
1,059 viewsPanelists talked about the open sources of information available to the public. Topics included the media’s ability to access information, the role and responsibilities of embedded journalis…
113 viewsLawrence Wright talked about terrorism, Al Qaeda, and Western intelligence efforts. He is the author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He also responde…
1,255 viewsPanelists talked about the relationship between Pakistani and Saudi Arabian officials and business with the al-Qaida network and Islamic fundamentalism within those countries. Among the topi…
1,277 viewsMr. Wright talked about Saudi Arabian politics and culture as well as U.S. relations with the country. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.
300 viewsThe panelists, led by Mr. Holbrooke as moderator, discussed the possibility of war with Iraq, what kind of war it will be, and what the world will be like after the war. Mr. Gelb is the auth…
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