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Charlie Wilson's War
The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
George Crile4.6
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This New York Times best-seller delivers the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and how a colorful congressman from Texas conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the most successful covert operation in CIA history.
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"Put the Tom Clancy clones back on the shelf; this covert-ops chronicle is practically impossible to put down."
Publishers Weekly
"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