Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ranked #2 in Pakistan History, Ranked #4 in Afghanistan — see more rankings.
The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeda's evolution. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.
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... more
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... more
Rankings by Category
Ghost Wars is ranked in the following categories:
- #24 in 9/11
- #42 in Current Affairs
- #50 in Diplomacy
- #9 in Intelligence
- #27 in International Relations
- #30 in Islamic History
- #25 in Middle East
- #89 in Military History
- #92 in Modern History
- #21 in Pakistan
- #39 in The Cold War
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