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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 ... read more
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First Sentence edit
In the tattered, cargo-strewn cabin of an Ariana Afghan Airlines passenger jet streaking above Punjab toward Kabul sat a stocky, broad-faced American with short graying hair.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Steve Coll (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594200076
Page Count: 720
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594200076
Page Count: 720
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (2005: General Nonfiction)
- Lionel Gelber Prize (2004)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DS371.2 .C63 2004
- Dewey: 958.1045
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Freedom & Security › Intelligence
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Conspiracy Theories
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Terrorism
- Books › History › Asia › Central Asia
- Books › History › Asia › Afghanistan
- Books › History › Russia
- Books › History › Middle East
- Books › History › World
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