Charlie Wilson's War
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Charlie Wilson's War
By George CrileFor his fiftieth birthday that June he threw a party for himself on a huge boat that motored up the Potomac . ... The invitation read , " Charlie Wilson invites you to a birthday party for Uncle Sam and his Yankee Doodle Sweetheart ...
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the...
By George CrileDescribes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History: The Arming of the Mujahideen by the CIA
By George CrileTwo recent events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This is the first book to explain the link between these...
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Charlie Wilson's War
By George CrileThe bestselling true story of a Texas congressman’s secret role in the Afghan defeat of Russian invaders is “a tour de force of reporting and writing” (Dan Rather).
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Charlie Wilson's war: the extraordinary story of the covert operation that changed the history of our times
By George CrileMoving from the back rooms of the Capitol to arms-dealer conventions to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside workings of the CIA.
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of how the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rouge CIA Agent Changed the...
By George CrileDescribes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
By George CrileCharlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
By George CrileIn the last decade, two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This is the first book to explain the link between these two occurrences.