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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars reveals how the CIA’s covert Afghan campaign, meant to counter the Soviets, spiraled into a tangled web of alliances and unintended consequences. This isn’t a tidy spy story but a messy saga of flawed intelligence and shifting loyalties. How did a Cold War proxy war end up fueling global terrorism?
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