Charlie Wilson's War
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780871138545
Subjects: Military - Weapons; Wilson, Charles,; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Middle East - History; U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies; Secret service; History - Military / War; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; History: World; Military assistance, American; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Asia - Central Asia; History / Military / General; History; Political Process - Leadership; Soviet occupation, 1979-1989; Middle East - 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.
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