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Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Steve Coll
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Description for Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Paperback. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Winner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction 'Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic' Evening Standard 'In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism' The Times 'Spectacular ... makes Bourne movies pale in comparison' Financial Times From the Pulitzer Prize winning of the acclaimed Ghost Wars, this is the full story of America's grim involvement in the affairs of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016. In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to ... Read more
Winner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction 'Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic' Evening Standard 'In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism' The Times 'Spectacular ... makes Bourne movies pale in comparison' Financial Times From the Pulitzer Prize winning of the acclaimed Ghost Wars, this is the full story of America's grim involvement in the affairs of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016. In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718194499
SKU
9780718194499
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99-2
About Steve Coll
Steve Coll is dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. His major books include Private Empire, The Bin Ladens and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars. He is a staff writer on The New Yorker.
Reviews for Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Impressively detailed, stylishly crafted and authoritative... as gloomy as it is compelling
Economist
Spectacular ... Directorate S has a cast of characters that makes Bourne movies pale in comparison
Demetri Sevastopulo
Financial Times
A masterful and entertaining account ... the story is delivered with a literary prowess that has been absent in previous western accounts ... Read more
Economist
Spectacular ... Directorate S has a cast of characters that makes Bourne movies pale in comparison
Demetri Sevastopulo
Financial Times
A masterful and entertaining account ... the story is delivered with a literary prowess that has been absent in previous western accounts ... Read more