Author: Coll, Steve,
Title: Ghost Wars: secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden.
Description: NY, Penguin, (2005). 1st ed thus. VG lg sz PB. From the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001. To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat. of Islamic radicalism? Who tried to stop Bin Laden and why did they fail? Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the Sept. 11 attacks. Scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American.

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