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Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
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Ghost Wars

The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas ion to September 10, 2001 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner

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Length 26 hours 48 minutes
Language English
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The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan

With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998.

Steve Coll is most recently the author of theย New York Timesย bestsellerย The Bin Ladens. He is the president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute headquartered in Washington, DC, and a staff writer forย the New Yorker. Previously he worked for 20 years atย the Washington Post,ย where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of six other books, including the Pulitzer Prizeโ€“winning bestsellerย Ghost Wars.

Malcolm Hillgartnerย is a professional actor, playwright, and songwriter. In 2007, he began recording audiobooks and has since recorded more than 175 titles. He has won multiple Earphones Awards and was named a Best Voice of 2013 by AudioFile magazine.

Steve Coll is most recently the author of theย New York Timesย bestsellerย The Bin Ladens. He is the president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute headquartered in Washington, DC, and a staff writer forย the New Yorker. Previously he worked for 20 years atย the Washington Post,ย where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of six other books, including the Pulitzer Prizeโ€“winning bestsellerย Ghost Wars.

Malcolm Hillgartnerย is a professional actor, playwright, and songwriter. In 2007, he began recording audiobooks and has since recorded more than 175 titles. He has won multiple Earphones Awards and was named a Best Voice of 2013 by AudioFile magazine.

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Reviews

“Certainly the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan . . . Ghost Wars provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions.” —The New York Times Book Review

“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of Books
 
“A well written, authoritative, high-altitude drama with few heroes, many villains, bags of cash, and a tragic ending—one that may not have been inevitable.” —The Washington Post
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