000			00981cam a2200169 4500
020			_a1594200076 (hbk.): _c29.95 USD
100		1	_aCOLL Steve
245		0	_aGhost wars: _bthe secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
260			_aNew York: _bPenguin, _c2004
300			_a695p.
520		3	_aThis 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			_aAFGHANISTAN _xSOVIET OCCUPATION
650			_aCIA
650			_aTALIBAN
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xAFGHANISTAN
945			_i0015076 _rY _sY
999			_c3090 _d3090