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| Author | Steve Coll |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | The Penguin Press |
Publication date | December 28, 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 720 |
| ISBN | 1-59420-007-6 |
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, abbreviated asGhost Wars, is a book written bySteve Coll, published in 2004 byPenguin Press.[1] It won the 2005Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.[2]
The book provides an in-depth account ofCentral Intelligence Agency activity in Afghanistan from the time of theSoviet invasion to the aftermath ofattacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Coll particularly notes the interplay between the CIA and its counterpart in Pakistan,Inter-Services Intelligence, which used CIA and Saudi Arabian funding to build militantMujahideen training camps along thePakistan–Afghanistan border in an effort to create radicalized, militant fighters sourced from many Arab countries to attack the Soviet occupation. Invariably, as Coll shows, this decision had long-lasting effects on the region.
Penguin published a slightly expanded edition in 2005 that added the work of the9/11 Commission.
In 2011, Coll announced a follow-up toGhost Wars. When asked about a release date for the book, Coll said "It will take a while. ... I'd like the second volume to hold up over time."[3]
Steve Coll won the 2004Lionel Gelber Prize forGhost Wars.[4] The work also received the 2005Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.[2]
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