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Author:

Coll, Steve.

Title:

Ghost wars : the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 / Steve Coll.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xvii, 695 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Afghanistan--History--1989-2001.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Bin Laden, Osama,--1957-
Afghanistan--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-664) and index.

Summary:

Reveals the CIA's and other foreign intelligence agencies' covert operations in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, discussing how their efforts helped bin Laden build his global organization of terrorists.

Indexed by:

Pulitzer Prize
Choice
Book Report

ISBN:

9781594200076 (alk. paper)
1594200076 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003058593

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