Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to...

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 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, Coll details the secret history of the CIA?s role in Afghanistan, 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. more

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Posted: Sep-16-2009

Essential with THE LAST PHARAOH

Essential with THE LAST PHARAOH in order to understand how America is being underminded by its own so called allies such in Egypt. It was on eof the Black Holes and rife with torture. Unbelievable. The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Volatile Mid East

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Posted: Sep-14-2009

Ghost Wars is terrific

Great book! A well researched, unbiased view of the CIA's relationship with Afghanistan's many personality's over the latter part of the twentieth century.

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Posted: Sep-13-2009

Comprehensive and engrossing.

This is a thoroughly researched and very well written treatise on modern Afghanistan. Anyone interested in understanding the political, military and religious events leading up to the environment in which the Unites States is now fighting will find this a uniquely valuable asset.

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Posted: Aug-15-2009

How To Understand How we Got Here!

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001This Book is ones best tutorial to understand why we are where we are in Afghanistan and some of the middle east. It takes the reader back to budget short cuts that made Clinton...

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Posted: Aug-08-2009

Explains a lot

This book explains all the little nuance details of the history of Afghanistan that led up to 9/11. The book does a good job of spelling it all out, but the whole history of the country is so screwed up that I still don't understand it. It is a great read though.

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Posted: Jul-03-2009

Pulizer Prize Caliber Book

This is probably the best non-fiction book I've ever read.When the Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan, I was 15 years old. So this is not really history for me, it is part of my history.I vividly remember the feelings I had when I first heard of the invasion in the news - as vividly as I remember...

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Posted: Jun-18-2009

Engrossing and well written but lacks in certain areas.

Stephen Coll's "Ghost Wars" should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand America's involvement in Afghanistan from the late 1970's up to September 11, 2001. It's an excellent primer on Bin Laden, the area politics, U.S. and Pakistan relations, the Taliban, Ahmed Shah Massoud...

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Posted: May-16-2009

Hard reading

Hard book to read. Author uses a lot of big words that were unnecessary, making the reading go really slow. Not like other books of it's kind, where you can't put them down because they are so interesting. Husband actually went and bought another book just after getting this one, as it was not...

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Posted: May-06-2009

A Detailed Account of the Events Leading to 9/11

Steve Coll offers a fascinating look at the intrigue and internecine rivalries among the intelligence agencies participating unwittingly in the ascendance of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan during the last two decades of the 20th century. In a shadow world where loyalties wear thin and...

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Posted: May-01-2009

The fascinating lead-up to 9/11

In a book that feels more like a novel than an historical account and certainly doesn't feel like 576 pages, Steve Coll has produced perhaps the definitive account of the events leading up to 9/11. It's quite difficult to find credible criticisms of this book as Coll recounts actions under both...

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