Ghost wars: (Record no. 3090)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1594200076 (hbk.):
Terms of availability 29.95 USD
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name COLL Steve
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ghost wars:
Remainder of title the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 695p.
520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book covers the secret involvement in Afghanistan of various countries from 1979 to 2001: the USSR, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and most especially the United States and the CIA. Shows how each tried to gain political influence and how this inadvertently led to the rise of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. Asks whether and to what extent US intelligence were aware of the rising threat posed by political Islam and what steps were taken to deal with al Qaeda.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element AFGHANISTAN
General subdivision SOVIET OCCUPATION
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element CIA
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element TALIBAN
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element UNITED STATES
General subdivision FOREIGN POLICY
-- AFGHANISTAN
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 16/07/2004 1 958.1045 COL 0015076 14/02/2022 1 03/01/2024 Book