Charlie Wilsons War
The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History

Charlie Wilson's War is a chilling tale of how a few determined people can undermine all existing law, use their positions of power and influence to get unseen funds allocated, and pursue a major war without the approval of the American people. Crile was clearly enamored of Wilson, regarding him as......more

... creating along the ISIS and probably the rest of forces behind the 9/11 horror... Niiice. How to you really manage to get over people spending billions of tax-payers' money to promote terrorism shit? Read this and see how the author manages to endorse these actions in this research. Q: 9/11 was a......more

Charlie Wilson's war is indispensible for anyone who wants to understand the roots of our current war in Afghanistan. It's also a primer on how Washington worked in the 1970s-1980s under Reagan, Tip O'Neill, and others. Congressman Charlie Wilson and the CIA funneled billions of dollars worth of mon......more

This book was too long and poorly written. It repeated itself and skipped around quite a bit. It took me a very long time to get through this, despite being interested in the material. The author would have done better with a condensed book that flowed better. The story is over dramatized and extrod......more

During the height of the Cold War, the United States attempted to keep the spread of communism at bay throughout the world without actively engaging in real warfare with the Soviet Union. Certain hot spots, such as Southeast Asia and Central America, were the primary focus of the U.S. military and i......more