Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamistradicalism? 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, Coll details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, 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.
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Author Biography: Steve Coll, winner of a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, has been managing editor of The Washington Post since 1998, and covered Afghanistan as the Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992. He is the author of four books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamistradicalism? 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, Coll details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, 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.
Author Biography: Steve Coll, winner of a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, has been managing editor of The Washington Post since 1998, and covered Afghanistan as the Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992. He is the author of four books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil.
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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
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141020808 |
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| Publisher: | Viking Penguin |
| Publication date: | 03/28/2005 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d) |
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