Charlie Wilson's War
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: April 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780802141248
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; History - Military / War; History; Soviet occupation, 1979-1989; Military; Secret service; Military assistance, American; Asia - Central Asia; History / Military / General; Military - General; Afghanistan; American military assistance
First sentence: When Congressman Charlie Wilson set off for a weekend in Las Vegas on June 27, 1980, there was no confusion in his mind about why he had chosen to stay at Caesars Palace.