The Looming Tower : Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
I read this right after Ramanujan, only because I realized Plano library could finally lend it to me without waitlisting to the 32nd position 
I could not believe what was being said about all the terrorists and their Islamic beliefs. One moment they seem to be against Colonialism(UK), next, communism (USSR), and then, capitalism (USA). It conveys that these radicals are angry at everything and everyone. They seem to be upset that USA is taking their oil (which of course they are selling) and flourishing much more than the land it comes from.
At one point Osama seems to be mad at King of Saudi for letting Saddam grow his military, soon he is upset with King for letting USA to use Saudi land to defend against Saddam’s Quwaiti occupation.
The book also portrays him to me as a Don Quixote when he leads a group of Jihadis to fire a ‘few’ shots against an already retreating USSR troop from Afghanistan 
Author has mentioned Osama as a psychopath / sociopath, also, a character of utter humility.
SOMEHOW, I cannot believe all that the book depicts. I want to know the other side. Why would a human kill so many other humans? What could cause such hatred? What can be done to avoid this in future? Is all that the author is saying really true? If so, Osama is a stupid. But, he can’t be so stupid. At least his stupididty cannot be the reason for people’s death.
ACTUALLY, I DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW!!!
