Steve Coll
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden
Steve Coll
Looming large in the minds of the American people since the devastation of September 11, 2001—and perplexing their political analysts, media, and elected leaders—are two unsettling questions: To what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamist radicalism? And, Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Steve Coll, managing editor of the Washington Post, provides answers in an exhaustively researched account of U.S. involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to…
