{"product_id":"ghost-wars-the-secret-history-of-the-cia-afghanistan-and-bin-laden-from-the-soviet-invasion-to-september-10-2001-pulitzer-prize-winner-9780143034667","title":"Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDirectorate S \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Achilles Trap \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising thread of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, \u003ci\u003eGhost Wars\u003c\/i\u003e details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan (including its covert operations against Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989), the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden, and the failed efforts by U.S. forces to find and assassinate bin Laden in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16179362\"\u003eSteve Coll\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.46w x 1.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143034667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143034669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027130\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS050000\"\u003eAsia | Central Asia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL036000\"\u003eIntelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Coll\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eGhost Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and a professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute in Washington, D.C. He is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and previously worked for twenty years at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of nine books, including \u003ci\u003eOn the Grand Trunk Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bin Ladens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDirectorate S\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Achilles Trap\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380562915467,"sku":"9780143034667","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_009e60f5-c406-4c90-94cd-52cb57a2bf69.jpg?v=1760546734","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/ghost-wars-the-secret-history-of-the-cia-afghanistan-and-bin-laden-from-the-soviet-invasion-to-september-10-2001-pulitzer-prize-winner-9780143034667","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}