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This New York Times best-seller is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and of a colorful congressman from Texas who conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the most successful covert operation in CIA history.
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"Americans often ask: Where have all the heroes gone? Well a lot of them come roaring through in this tour de force of reporting and writing. Tom Clancy's fiction pales in comparison with the amazing, mesmerizing story told by George Crile. By resurrecting a missing chapter out of our recent past, Charlie Wilson's War provides us with the key to understanding the present."
Dan Rather
"Charlie Wilson's War is an amazing tale, made all the more amazing because it was missed by the press. George Crile has written a book revealing the extraordinary details and intrigue of a secret war, and that alone would be a monumental achievement. But he has also written a book about how power works in Washington, about how the CIA succeeded in this war but failed because it armed an ally who
Ken Auletta, New York Times bestselling author
"A vivid narrative…Charlie Wilson's War is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of a program that is still largely classified…In its time there was little dispute that the covert war was one of the most successful CIA operations ever undertaken…Few people who remember Wilson's years in Washington would discount even the wildest tales."
The New York Times Book Review