the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan. In Ghost Wars, Steve Coll provides a useful, if overly long, chronology and analysis of pivotal events, missteps, indecision, apathy, and ultimately tragedy. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve Coll Paperback 12. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. This item: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to Septemby Steve Coll Paperback 12.99 Directorate S: The C.I.A. This text refers to the paperback edition.
His major books include Private Empire, The Bin Ladens and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars. The explosive, New York Times bestselling first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan Based on extensive firsthand accounts, Ghost Wars is the inside story that goes well beyond anything previously published on U.S. Buy a cheap copy of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the. Steve Coll is dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
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