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Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Steve Coll.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781594204586
- ISBN: 1594204586
- Physical Description: xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [693]-736) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one. Blind into battle, September 2001-December 2001 -- "Something has happened to Khalid" -- Judgment day -- Friends like these -- Risk management -- Catastrophic success -- Part two. Losing the peace, 2002-2006 -- Small change -- Taliban for Karzai -- The enigma -- "His rules were different than our rules" -- Mr. Big -- Ambassador vs. Ambassador -- Digging a hole in the ocean -- Radicals -- Part three. The best intentions, 2006-2009 -- Suicide detectives -- Plan Afghanistan -- Murder and the deep state -- Hard data -- Tough love -- Terror and the deep state -- The new big dogs -- Losing Karzai -- A war to give people a chance -- Part four. The end of illusion, 2010-2014 -- The one-man C.I.A. -- The conflict resolution cell -- Kayani 2.0 -- Lives and limbs -- Kayani 3.0 -- Hostages -- Dragon's breath -- Martyrs Day -- Fight and talk -- The Afghan hand -- Homicide Division -- Self-inflicted wounds -- Coups d'©Øetat -- Epilogue: Victim impact statements. |
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| Baker County Library | 958.1047 .C697d 2018 (Text) | 37814003152007 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | US HISTORY COLL 2018 (Text) | 23892000941214 | Main Collection | Available | - | ||
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