Ghost wars: the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
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Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll tells the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, from its covert programme against Soviet troops from 1979-89, to the rise of the Taliban and the emergence of bin Laden, to the secret efforts vy CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998. Based on extensive firsthand accounts, Ghost Wars is the inside story that goes well beyond anything previously published on US involvement in Afghanistan.
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9780143034667
9781481559140
9781101221433
9781594200076
9781481559140
9781101221433
9781594200076
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Level 11.8, 52 Points
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Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising thread of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, Ghost Wars details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan (including its covert operations against Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989), the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden, and the failed efforts by U.S. forces to find and assassinate bin Laden in Afghanistan. Steve Coll's new book Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's... |
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| subject_facet | Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001, Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989, Bin Laden, Osama, -- 1957-2011, Pulitzer Prize -- 2005, United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_display | Ghost wars : the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_full | Ghost Wars The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, Ghost wars : the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 / Steve Coll | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_short | Ghost wars : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_sub | the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| topic_facet | Bin Laden, Osama, History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics, Pulitzer Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
