Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 / Steve Coll
- Bib ID:
- 7765504
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Coll, Steve, author
- Description:
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- [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018
- ©2018
- xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 1846146607 (hardback)
- 9781846146602 (hardback)
- 9780241337356 (paperback)
- 0241337356 (paperback)
- 9781594204586 (hardback)
- 1594204586 (hardback)
- 9780718194499 (paperback)
- 0718194497 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9780718194482 (electronic book)
- 0718194489 (electronic book)
- 9780525557302 (electronic book)
- 052555730X (electronic book)
- Summary:
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Traces 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.
- Full contents:
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- Part 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 thee. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.
- Subject:
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- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence
- Taliban
- Qaida (Organization)
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Afghan War, 2001-2021
- Military intelligence -- United States
- Military intelligence -- Pakistan
- United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States
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