Ghost wars : the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
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xvii, 695 pages : maps ; 24 cm - Publisher New York : Penguin Press, 2004.
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Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
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Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Maps | p. xiii | |
| Principal Characters | p. xiv | |
| Prologue: Accounts Receivable, September 1996 | p. 1 | |
| Part 1 | Blood Brothers, November 1979 to February 1989 | p. 19 |
| 1. | "We're Going to Die Here" | p. 21 |
| 2. | "Lenin Taught Us" | p. 38 |
| 3. | "Go Raise Hell" | p. 53 |
| 4. | "I Loved Osama" | p. 71 |
| 5. | "Don't Make It Our War" | p. 89 |
| 6. | "Who Is This Massoud?" | p. 107 |
| 7. | "The Terrorists Will Own the World" | p. 125 |
| 8. | "Inshallah, You Will Know My Plans" | p. 147 |
| 9. | "We Won" | p. 170 |
| Part 2 | The One-Eyed Man Was King, March 1989 to December 1997 | p. 187 |
| 10. | "Serious Risks" | p. 189 |
| 11. | "A Rogue Elephant" | p. 205 |
| 12. | "We Are in Danger" | p. 225 |
| 13. | "A Friend of Your Enemy" | p. 240 |
| 14. | "Maintain a Prudent Distance" | p. 257 |
| 15. | "A New Generation" | p. 266 |
| 16. | "Slowly, Slowly Sucked into It" | p. 280 |
| 17. | "Dangling the Carrot" | p. 301 |
| 18. | "We Couldn't Indict Him" | p. 314 |
| 19. | "We're Keeping These Stingers" | p. 336 |
| 20. | "Does America Need the CIA?" | p. 353 |
| Part 3 | The Distant Enemy, January 1998 to September 10, 2001 | p. 369 |
| 21. | "You Are to Capture Him Alive" | p. 371 |
| 22. | "The Kingdom's Interests" | p. 397 |
| 23. | "We Are at War" | p. 416 |
| 24. | "Let's Just Blow the Thing Up" | p. 437 |
| 25. | "The Manson Family" | p. 451 |
| 26. | "That Unit Disappeared" | p. 470 |
| 27. | "You Crazy White Guys" | p. 487 |
| 28. | "Is There Any Policy?" | p. 504 |
| 29. | "Daring Me to Kill Them" | p. 520 |
| 30. | "What Face Will Omar Show to God?" | p. 538 |
| 31. | "Many Americans Are Going to Die" | p. 553 |
| 32. | "What an Unlucky Country" | p. 567 |
| Notes | p. 577 | |
| Bibliography | p. 653 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 665 | |
| Index | p. 669 |
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