An edition of Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (2003)

Charlie Wilson's War

The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

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An edition of Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (2003)

Charlie Wilson's War

The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

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  • 18 Want to read
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An Historical account of the covert operations against the Soviet invasion of Afganistan in 1980's.

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Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
560

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Subjects
Drug traffic, Conspiracies, United States Central Intelligence Agency, Fiction, United States Secret service, American Military assistance, History, Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989), United states, central intelligence agency, Military assistance, american, Afghanistan, history, soviet occupation, 1979-1989, Arms transfers, Secret service, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, United States, Large type books, American military assistance, Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01355030, New York Times reviewed
People
Charles Wilson (1933-2010)
Places
Afghanistan, United States
Times
1979-1989

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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
November 6, 2007, Grove Press
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
April 22, 2004, Grove Press
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
2003, Atlantic Monthly Press
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First Sentence

"When Congressman Charlie Wilson set off for a weekend in Las Vegas on June 27, 1980, there was no confusion in his mind about why he had chosen to stay at Caesars Palace."

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Library of Congress
DS371.2.C75 2002

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
560
Dimensions
8.9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

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OL7875042M
Internet Archive
charliewilsonsw000geor
ISBN 10
0802141242
ISBN 13
9780802141248
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21866
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29358

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