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Ghost wars: the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001

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COLL Steve

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Penguin, 2004Description: 695pISBN:

1594200076 (hbk.):

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	958.1045 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0015076

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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.

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