Charlie Wilson's War
George Crile
The book chronicles the true story of a maverick U.S. congressman, Charlie Wilson, who conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch a covert operation in Afghanistan to support the Mujahideen against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It details the unlikely alliance, the secret funding, and the impact of their actions on the eventual fall of the Soviet empire and the rise of radical Islam.
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