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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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An account of the CIA's involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Laden's al Qaeda. For nearly the past quarter century, while most Americans were unaware, Afghanistan has been the playing field for intense covert operations by U.S. an...

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Main Author: Coll, Steve (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2004.
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011.
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-
États-Unis. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011
USA > Central Intelligence Agency
Bin Lādin, Usāma, > 1957-2011.
Ben Laden, Oussama, > (1957- ...)
États-Unis. > Central intelligence agency > Et l'Afghanistan.
Etats-Unis. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Ibn-Lādin, Usāma.
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Afghanistan > History > 1989-2001.
Afghanistan > history > soviet occupation.
Afghanistan > history > 1989-2001.
Afghānistān > Histoire > 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)
Afghānistān > Histoire > 1989-2001.
15.85 history of America.
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan-Konflikt > 1979-1989
CIA.
Burgeroorlogen.
Terrorisme.
Afghanistan > History > 1989-
Soviet Union.
Occupation.
Intervention.
United States of America.
Intelligence agencies.
Al-Qaeda.
Politics.
History.
Islamisme > Afghanistan > 1970-2000.
Afghanistan > 1989-2001.
Afghanistan > 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)
1979-2001
Afghanistan
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
al Qaeda
Bin Laden, Osama
Taliban
History
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