Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History info
- Mujaheddin
- CIA
- Afghanistan
- Covert War
- Cold War
From an award-winning 60 Minutes reporter comes the extraordinary story of the largest and most successful CIA operation in history-the arming of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, pressure mounted for the Americans to support the Afghan resistance. Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from East Texas who sat on the powerful House Defense Appropriations Committee, persuaded his colleagues to allocate million to fund the CIA's effort to arm the Mujahideen. Charlie Wilson's War tells the story of what became the largest covert operation in history; funding eventually grew to over billion a year. The book includes an incredible cast of characters: Charlie, the charismatic, hard-partying
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