Charlie Wilson's War : The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
by Crile, George
Published by : Grove Press (New York) Physical details: x,550 Pages 18x11 cm | PB ISBN:9780802165084.
Subject(s):
Military assistance, American
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Afghanistan
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Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
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Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010
Year: 2003
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 958.1045 C928C 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available | 16043 |
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Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.
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