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

Coll, Steve. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0143034669 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781594200076 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1594200076 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 695 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-664) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Accounts Receivable: September 1996 -- Pt. 1. Blood Brothers: November 1979 to February 1989 -- 1. We're Going to Die Here -- 2. Lenin Taught Us -- 3. Go Raise Hell -- 4. I Loved Osama -- 5. Don't Make It Our War -- 6. Who Is This Massoud? -- 7. The Terrorists Will Own the World -- 8. Inshallah, You Will Know My Plans -- 9. We Won -- Pt. 2. The One-Eyed Man Was King: March 1989 to December 1997 -- 10. Serious Risks -- 11. A Rogue Elephant -- 12. We Are in Danger -- 13. A Friend of Your Enemy -- 14. Maintain a Prudent Distance -- 15. A New Generation -- 16. Slowly, Slowly Sucked into It -- 17. Dangling the Carrot -- 18. We Couldn't Indict Him -- 19. We're Keeping These Stingers -- 20. Does America Need the CIA? -- Pt. 3. The Distant Enemy: January 1998 to September 10, 2001 -- 21. You Are to Capture Him Alive -- 22. The Kingdom's Interests --