Directorate S : The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

from iftyzaidi

The short of it is that this is a massive, densely packed book which gives a good overview of what happens after the USA decides to go to war in Afghanistan after 9/11. Coll's [Ghost Wars] was THE definitive book on the history of the CIA engagement in Afghanistan up to 9/11 and this book certain...

from nbmars

Steve Coll's latest book, Directorate S: The CIA and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is a sequel to Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, an excellent chronicling of the CIA's involvement in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion through September 10, 2001. As Coll painstakin...

from nbmars

Steve Coll's latest book, Directorate S: The CIA and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is a sequel to Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, an excellent chronicling of the CIA's involvement in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion through September 10, 2001. As Coll painstakin...