Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Coll, Steve, author.

Book 2018

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.

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Afghan War, 2001-2021

Military intelligence Pakistan

Military intelligence United States

Pakistan Military relations United States

Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence

Qaida (Organization)

Taliban

United States Military relations Pakistan

United States Central Intelligence Agency

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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ISBN:

9781594204586
1594204586

Description:

xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index

Contents:

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 three. 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

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2377331

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