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Jan 1, 2005 · Paperback – January 1, 2005. by Steve Coll (Author) 4.6 1,986 ratings. See all formats and editions. Pulitzer Prize Winner, 2005. The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution.
Dec 28, 2004 · Overview. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • A New York Times bestseller. “The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of Books. From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S and The Achilles Trap comes the explosive first-hand account of ...
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 ...
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- Steve Coll
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 ...
The book by Steve Coll covers the time period from USSR invasion of Afghanistan in 1978 to World Trade centre attack in 2001. The book provides you the most detailed information about the role played by CIA, Pakistan and Saudi intelligence in birth of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda and the radical Islamist ideology that still is a danger to the world.
- Steve Coll
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, abbreviated as Ghost Wars, is a book written by Steve Coll, published in 2004 by Penguin Press. It won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
