Directorate S
Subtitle: the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By: Steve Coll
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 757
ISBN-13: 9781594204586
Subjects: Pakistan; Qaida (Organization); Military relations; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States; Taliban; Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence; Afghan War, 2001-; Military intelligence
Description: Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.