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Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history / George Crile.
Van Pelt Library DS371.2 .C75 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crile, George.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Secret service.
- Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989--Secret service--United States.
- Afghanistan.
- Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010.
- Wilson, Charles.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States.
- Military assistance, American--Afghanistan.
- Military assistance, American.
- Physical Description:
- x, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- "Charlie WilsonUs War" tells the story of what became the largest covert operation in history--costing over $1 billion a year. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol, to secret chambers at Langley, to arms-dealer conventions, to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside workings of the CIA.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0871138514
- 0871138549
- OCLC:
- 48942498
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