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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Coll
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11703
Media: Paperback
Pages: 736
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0141020806
Dewey Decimal Number: 327
EAN: 9780141020808
ASIN: 0141020806
Publication Date: March 3, 2005
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A great book that reads like a novel November 27, 2006
SJ SMART (London)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Most political histories are a little dry and dull but this book is brilliant, so detailed and so well researched it reads like a Tom Clancy novel.
It covers the entire background to CIA involvement in Afghanistan and the rise of Bin Laden there. Its totally gripping and so informative, the only frustration is that it ends on 8 Sept just before 9/11.
If you are interested in the CIA and Afghanistan then read this book.
Afghan Insights December 27, 2006
Ulrik Jungersen Walther (London)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is truely the most well documented and insightful book I have read on the current and recent political history of Afghanistan and the US's involvement in the region. Coll's access to sorce material as well as politicians is remarkable and he displays a thorough understanding of political and religious currents nuances.
Even more importantly, the book comes across as unbiased and objective yet still throughly analytical. Coll casts so much light on issues important to the region that I would recommend it to anybody intersted in understanding one of today's centres of conflict...not least politicians and government officials.
The best book you will find on the subject July 23, 2006
apressello (Warsaw, Poland)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding piece of journalism by the managing editor of the Washington Post. Very clearly written, Steve Coll details American policy towards Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion through 9/11.
Not only was this the best book on the subject I have read, it is one of the best books I have read in years.
Definitive October 30, 2006
Mr. Warren M. Fisher (East Grinstead, West Sussex United Kingdom)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The definitive account of Afghanistan's dirty wars, from the '79 Soviet Invasion to 10th September 2001. Lucid gripping and ridiculously illuminating, Coll takes no prisoners (especially in the bungling, corrupt Clinton administration), and lays to rest many myths (the most important being that the US did not ever back the Taliban or Al Qaeda - they were always the creatures of the Saudis and the Pakistani ISI).
Fascinating and as gripping as a thriller, this is among the best books I have read in the last year.
Ghost Wars March 22, 2006
Gary (York, England)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a must read for anybody with even a modicum of interest in the complex and inter-woven world of islamic fundamentalism.Clear,consice and easy to digest terminology and suprisingly informative..a definite must for all those who search for the truth surrounding U.S involvement in the Afghan/Soviet war.Excellent.
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