Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
$26.22
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2005
Summary
The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA’s secret involvement in al-Qaeda’s evolution. 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. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA’s covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141020808 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141020806 |
| Author: | Steve Coll |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 498g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
“Certainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan … “Ghost Wars” provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions.”
-“The New York Times Book Review”
aCertainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan … “Ghost Wars” provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions.a
a”The New York Times Book Review”
About The Author
Steve Coll
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. Coll is the author of four books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil.
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