Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016

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Steve Coll

Directorate S

The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016

Steve Coll

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Penguin
19 February 2019

History; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Afghan War; Espionage & secret services; War & defence operations

The international bestselling account of America's grim involvement in the affairs of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016

In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to work out how to destroy Bin Laden and his associates. Superficially the invasion was quick and efficient, but Bin Laden's successful escape, together with that of much of the Taliban leadership, and a catastrophic failure to define the limits of NATO's mission in a tough, impoverished country the size of Texas, created a quagmire which has now lasted many years. At the heart of the problem lay 'Directorate S', a highly secretive arm of the Pakistan state which had its own views on the Taliban and Afghanistan's place in a wider competition for influence between Pakistan, India and China, and which assumed that the U.S.A. and its allies would soon be leaving.

Steve Coll's remarkable new book tells a powerful, bitter story of just how badly foreign policy decisions can go wrong and of many lives lost.

By: Steve Coll
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 546g
ISBN: 9780718194499
ISBN 10: 0718194497
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 19 February 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Coll is dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. His major books include Private Empire, The Bin Ladens and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars. He is a staff writer on The New Yorker.

Reviews for Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016

Every assertion is carefully sourced and checked. This book is in the finest traditions of American investigative journalism. Coll is the thinking man's Michael Wolff. -- Sherard Cowper-Coles * The Times * A masterful and entertaining account ... the story is delivered with a literary prowess that has been absent in previous western accounts of America's longest running war -- Rafia Zakaria * Guardian * Spectacular ... Directorate S has a cast of characters that makes Bourne movies pale in comparison -- Demetri Sevastopulo * Financial Times * Impressively detailed, stylishly crafted and authoritative... as gloomy as it is compelling * Economist *