Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
Steve Coll spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed classified government files and interviewing US officials and foreign spymasters.
Here he gives the full story of the CIA’s covert funding of Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. He 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.
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