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020 _a97870718194499
041 _aeng
080 _a94-7
_bCOL
100 1 _aColl, Steve,
245 1 0 _aDirectorate S :
_bthe C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan /
260 _aLondon
_bPenguin Books
_c2018
300 _a757 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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'état -- Epilogue: Victim impact statements.
520 _aTraces 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.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
650 0 _aMilitary intelligence
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMilitary intelligence
_zPakistan.
690 _aGeneral
942 _cBK
999 _c58852
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