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

Coll, Steve. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0143034669 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780143034667 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0141020806 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780141020808 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 712 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Updated with new documents from the 9/11 Commission"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [667]-679) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
-- Blood brothers -- The one-eyed man was king -- The distant enemy.
Accounts receivable September 1996 -- Blood brothers: November 1979 to February 1989: We're going to die here; Lenin taught us; Go raise hell; I loved Osama; Don't make it our war; Who is this Massoud?; Terrorists will own the world; Inshallah, you will know my plans; We won -- One-eyed man was king: March 1989 to December 1997: Serious risks; Rogue elephant; We are in danger; Friend of your enemy; Maintain a prudent distance; New generation; Slowly, slowly sucked into it; Dangling the carrot; We couldn't indict him; We're keeping these Stingers; Does America need the CIA? -- The distant enemy: January 1998 to September 10, 2001: You are to capture him alive; Kingdom's interests; We are at war; Let's just blow the thing up; Manson family; That unit disappeared; You crazy white guys; Is there any policy?; Daring me to kill them; What face will Omar show to God?; Many Americans are going to die; What an unlucky country.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 11.8 52 52 101907
Subject: Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Afghanistan > History > 1989-2001.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

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