Description: Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description From the managing editor of "The Washington Post" comes this news-breaking account of the CIAs involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Ladens al Qaeda. Publisher Description Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • A New York Times bestseller"The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying." —The New York Review of BooksFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S and The Achilles Trap comes the explosive first-hand account of Americas secret history in Afghanistan.To what extent did Americas best intelligence analysts grasp the rising thread 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 that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, Ghost Wars details the secret history of the CIAs role in Afghanistan (including its covert operations against Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989), the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden, and the failed efforts by U.S. forces to find and assassinate bin Laden in Afghanistan. Author Biography Steve Coll is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Ghost Wars and a professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute in Washington, D.C. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and previously worked for twenty years at The Washington Post, where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of nine books, including On the Grand Trunk Road, The Bin Ladens, Private Empire, Directorate S., and The Achilles Trap. Details ISBN 0143034669 ISBN-13 9780143034667 Title Ghost Wars Author Steve Coll Format Paperback Year 2004 Pages 736 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc GE_Item_ID:43648232; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780143034667
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Book Title: Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Number of Pages: 736 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 1.5 in
Topic: Asia / Central Asia, Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, Political, Middle East / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Steve Coll
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
