Coll, Steve
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141020808
- author:
- Coll, Steve
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 736
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- International relations
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden by Steve Coll is a groundbreaking account of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeda's evolution. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessing previously classified government files and interviewing senior US officials and foreign spymasters to bring to life the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. This book explores how this sowed the seeds of bin Laden's rise, traces his global network, and delves into the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. The author lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrorism in the years leading up to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.
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