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020			_a9780141020808
082			_a327.120973 COL
100			_a"Coll, Steve"
245		0	_aGhost wars
260			_aLondon
260			_bPenguin
260			_c2004
300			_a712p.
365			_b 399.00
365			_dRS
520			_aSteve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.
650			_aCIA-Secret involvement-AL-Qaeda's evolution
942			_cB _2ddc