Cover Image

Ghost wars the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001

Show other versions (1)

To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coll, Steve
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Penguin Books 2005
Subjects:	Bin Laden, Osama > 1957-2011 United States > Central Intelligence Agency Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 Afghanistan > History > 1989-2001
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items

Ghost wars the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
by: Coll, Steve
Published: (2005)

Osama Bin Laden antara teroris dan perjuangan suci
by: Abdul Majid Hakim
Published: (2002)

Usama bin Laden's Al-Quran profile of a terrorist network
by: Alexander
Published: (2000)

Osama bin Laden
by: Loehfelm
Published: (2003)

Osama Bin Laden
Published: (2006)

Holy war, inc inside the secret world of Osama Bin Laden
by: Bergen
Published: (2001)

Directorate S the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by: Coll, Steve
Published: (2019)

The secret history of al-Qa'ida
by: Atwan, Abdel Bari
Published: (2009)

Bin Laden The man who declared war on America
by: Bodansky
Published: (1999)

The cult of Osama psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and his magnetism for Muslim youths
by: Olsson 1941
Published: (2008)

The Bin Ladens an Arabian family in the American century
by: Coll, Steve
Published: (2008)

No easy day the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden : the autobiography of a Navy SEAL
by: Owen, Mark, et al.
Published: (2012)

The ghosts of Langley into the CIA's heart of darkness
by: Prados, John
Published: (2017)

The spymasters how the CIA directors shape history and the future
by: Whipple, Chris
Published: (2020)

The Routledge handbook of war and society Iraq and Afghanistan
Published: (2011)

Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency
by: W.Thomas Smith, Jr
Published: (2003)

Leading intelligence analysis lessons from the CIA's analytic front lines
by: Pease, Bruce E.
Published: (2019)

The master of disguise my secret life in the CIA
by: MendezlhAntonio J

State of war the secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration
by: Risen, James
Published: (2006)

The war in Afghanistan
by: Miller, Raymond H. 1967-
Published: (2004)

Afghanistan the first five years of Soviet occupation
by: Amstutz
Published: (1986)

The wake of war encounters with the people of Iraq and Afghanistan
by: Nivat, Anne
Published: (2005)

War at the top of the world the struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet
by: Margolis
Published: (2000)

The war I always wanted the illusion of glory and the reality of war : a screaming eagle in Afghanistan and Iraq
by: Friedman, Brandon, 1978
Published: (2007)

Afghanistan at transition l essons of the longest war
by: Cordesman, Anthony H., et al.
Published: (2015)

Afghanistan to 2015 and beyond
Published: (2011)

A great place to have a war : America in Laos and the birth of a military CIA /
by: Kurlantzick, Joshua
Published: (2017)

The operators the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan
by: Hastings, Michael 1980-2013
Published: (2012)

Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown
Published: (2015)

Afghanistan Mullah, Marx and Mujahid
by: Magnus, Ralph H.
Published: (1998)

Afghanistan aid, armies and empires
by: Marsden, Peter
Published: (2009)

The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan mass mobilization,civil war,and the future of the region
by: Nojumi
Published: (2002)

Panggilan jihad di bumi Afghanistan
by: Muhammad Abdul Mun'im
Published: (1987)

Afgantsy the Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89
by: Braithwaite, Rodric 1932-
Published: (2011)

NATO in Afghanistan fighting together, fighting alone
by: Auerswald, David P., et al.
Published: (2014)

Beyond the wild tribes understanding modern Afghanistan and its diaspora
by: Oeppen, Ceri, et al.
Published: (2010)

The favored daughter one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future
by: Koofi, Fawzia 1975-, et al.
Published: (2012)

Warrior diplomat a green beret's battles from Washington to Afghanistan
by: Waltz, Michael G.
Published: (2014)

Spycraft
by: Wallace, Robert, et al.

The lieutenant don't know one Marine's story of warfare and combat logistics in Afghanistan
by: Clement, Jeffrey D.
Published: (2014)