Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
Penguin
Paperback : 03 Mar 2005
£10.99
Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll's expos?n how the CIA fuelled the rise and development of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. Gripping stories of espionage and covert military operations.
Synopsis
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-Qaeada'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 Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bin Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141020808
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 736
Published : 03 Mar 2005
Publisher : Penguin
Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
£10.99
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