![]() ![]() Coll writes extremely well, and he created a compelling narrative history of the key events leading up to the 9/11 attacks.ĭirectorate S continues Ghost Wars‘ focus on the CIA, but it also focuses heavily on the State Department and the military, which makes sense. Ghost Wars covered US support to the mujahideen groups who fought the Soviets, the rise of the Taliban, and CIA operations against al-Qaeda. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.ĭirectorate S is Coll’s sequel to his excellent 2004 book Ghost Wars: The Secret History Of The Cia, Afghanistan And Bin Laden, From The Soviet Invasion To September 10, 2001, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2005. I recently finished reading Steve Coll’s newest book, Directorate S: The C.I.A. ![]()
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