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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (original 2004; udgave 2004)

af Steve Coll

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History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
??The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.? ??The New York Review of Books
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S, the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.
To 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, Ghost Wars 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
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Titel:Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Forfattere:Steve Coll
Info:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2004), Paperback, 738 pages
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 af Steve Coll (2004)

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Heavy in details of all the political incompetence, unavoidable errors, and easy-to-make mistakes that compounded in the lead up to 9/11. The similarities to what Afghanistan looks like now and the public facing policy of the current POTUS administration makes it all feel so much worse.Â

Also a really good portrayal of Massoud, but definitely biased in his favor. Author has a noticeable soft spot for the CIA. ( )
  aepCaomhan | Jul 20, 2023 |
excellent student reviews (best book I ever read)
  pollycallahan | Jul 1, 2023 |
boy that was depressing ( )
  soraxtm | Apr 9, 2023 |
Coll, in 'Ghost Wars,' confirms what we knew all along-that 9/11 and Islamism is a byproduct of the CIA's sponsorship of the Mujhaideen backfiring. While it is bulky (a plethora of jargon), it is also riveting on account of the fact that it discusses the lead up to the War On Terrorism and after factually and with comprehensive evidence. A must read for all military analysts and scholars. ( )
  Amarj33t_5ingh | Jul 8, 2022 |
Mjög áhugaverð bók eftir Steve Coll en með mjöög langan titil: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.
Titillinn segir kannski dálítið um stærð bókarinnar því hún er 712 bls. en ítarleg og í henni er starfsemi leyniþjónustu BNA, ríkisstjórnarinnar og utanríkisþjónustunnar fylgt vel eftir þegar hún reynir að beita sér með misjöfnum árangri og visku í Mið-Asíu. Fékk Pulitzer-verðlaunin 2005 og er vel að þeim komin.
Það er nokkuð magnað að fá svo góða innsýn í málefni sem hafa verið efst á baugi í fjölmiðlum á Vesturlöndum síðustu árin og ekki síst nú þegar islamskir öfgamenn beita sér jafngrimmilega og áberandi.
Rannsókn Colls byggir á fjölda skjala sem létt hefur verið leynd af, viðtölum við þátttakendur í leynistríðum BNA og rannsóknarskjölum þingnefnda eftir árásirnar á Tvíburaturnana. Vel skrifað og ekkert dregið af við útskýringar á forheimsku bandarískra stjórnvalda þegar þau velja frekar að styðja islamska öfgamenn gegn Sovíetherjunum í Afganistan heldur en hófsöm öfl innan afganskra ættbálka. Það er líka margvert að sjá hvað spilling innan pakistanskra valdaafla hefur verið mikil og að þar eru öfl sem unnu gagngert gegn vestrænum þjóðum. ( )
  SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |
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Coll has given us what is certainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of Al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan. He has followed up that feat by threading together the complex roles played by diplomats and spies from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States into a coherent story explaining how Afghanistan became such a welcoming haven for Al Qaeda.
 
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History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
??The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.? ??The New York Review of Books
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S, the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.
To 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, Ghost Wars 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

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