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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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History

Charlie Wilson's War

Author

George Crile

Call Number

PL 790858 EKJU 9818 2019

Accession Number

90862kh

PUBLICATION YEAR

2012

Keywords

Charlie Wilson, CIA, Afghanistan, mujahideen, Soviet invasion

Book Summary

Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.

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