Unholy Wars
Subtitle: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK); Pluto Press
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780745313283
Subjects: International relations; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; War & defence operations; Political Terrorism; U.S. - Middle East Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Afghanistan; Central Asia; USA; Politics - Current Events; International Relations - General; Military - Other; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Islamic countries; Espionage, American; Terrorism
Description: "To oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 the United States formed an extraordinary anti-communist alliance with militant Islamic forces in South Asia. In this controversial book John Cooley provides the first behind-the-scenes account of this alliance and of how the CIA planned and ran the holy war in Afghanistan."--BOOK JACKET.