Ghost Wars
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Steve Coll traces covert involvement in Afghanistan and the events leading toward September 11, 2001. It supplies historical depth for thinking about intelligence, intervention, and consequences that unfold over decades.
Why I include it
Intelligence decisions have consequences that outlast the moment in which they are made. Ghost Wars connects the strategic questions in this guide with the earlier history behind the Afghanistan accounts in the Elliot Ackerman collection.
