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Name: Ghost Wars
Full title: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Author: Steve Coll
Year: 2004
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Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics, Award winners, War/Military

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ISBN:
9781594200076
1594200076
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2005.
Winner of the Cornelius Ryan award in 2004.
Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2004.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the CIA's and other covert agencies' operations in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, detailing the rise of the Taliban and bin Laden, the secret efforts of the CIA to capture or kill bin Laden since 1998, and their failure to stop bin Laden, al Qaeda, and the events of September 11th.
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