Ghost Wars

The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden

Steve Coll

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English

Penguin
18 May 2005

History; International relations; Terrorism, armed struggle

The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves 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 bn 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.

By: Steve Coll
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780141020808
ISBN 10: 0141020806
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 18 May 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Coll, winner of a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, has been managing editor of the Washington Post since 1998 and covered Afghanistan as the Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992. Coll is the author of four books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil.

Reviews for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden

"With this book, Coll establishes a reputation as large as that of his ""Post"" colleague Bob Woodward. (""The Globe and Mail,"" Toronto) The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events... Deeply satisfying. (Ahmed Rashid, ""The New York Review of Books"") ""Certainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan . . . ""Ghost Wars"" provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions."" -""The New York Times Book Review"" aCertainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan . . . ""Ghost Wars"" provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions.a a""The New York Times Book Review"""