Ghost Wars (124 page)
Authors: Steve Coll
Tags: #Afghanistan, #USA, #Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism, #Political, #Asia, #Central Asia, #Terrorism, #Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations, #Political Freedom & Security, #U.S. Foreign Relations, #Afghanistan - History - Soviet occupation; 1979-1989., #Espionage & secret services, #Postwar 20th century history; from c 1945 to c 2000, #History - General History, #International Relations, #Afghanistan - History - 1989-2001., #Central Intelligence Agency, #United States, #Political Science, #International Relations - General, #General & world history, #Soviet occupation; 1979-1989, #History, #International Security, #Intelligence, #1989-2001, #Asia - Central Asia, #General, #Political structure & processes, #United States., #Biography & Autobiography, #Politics, #U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies
Thanks to Jean Cleary for finding me a room of my own. Thanks to Adam Holzman for his friendship, sounds, humor, and ideas.
From our first conversation shortly after September 11 to our last edit two years later, Ann Godoff supported this book's highest possible ambitions and nurtured them at every turn. She is a great editor and a remarkable person. Her assistant at The Penguin Press, Meredith Blum, was a terrific correspondent and an encouraging partner. Rose Ann Ferrick's meticulous, thoughtful work on the manuscript improved it immeasurably. Ryu Spaeth's work on the bibliography and chapter notes, and his careful copyediting, also made a major contribution. As she has for nearly two decades now, Melanie Jackson, my literary agent, provided sound counsel throughout, steering us all through a few unusual bumps with confidence and skill.
Thanks above all to my family, especially to Alexandra, Emma, and Max for their love, tolerance, and encouragement.
STEVE COLL is the managing editor of
The Washington Post
. He has been a reporter, foreign correspondent, and editor at the paper since 1985. He worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan while serving as the
Post
’s South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992. Among his journalism awards is a Pulitzer Prize. His four previous books include
On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia.
He is married to the novelist Susan Coll.
Table of Contents
7. “The Terrorists Will Own the World”
8. “Inshallah, You Will Know My Plans”
PART TWO THE ONE-EYED MAN WAS KING
14. “Maintain a Prudent Distance”
16. “Slowly, Slowly Sucked into It”
19. “We’re Keeping These Stingers”
20. “Does America Need the CIA?”
21. “You Are to Capture Him Alive”
24. “Let’s Just Blow the Thing Up”
30. “What Face Will Omar Show to God?”
31. “Many Americans Are Going to Die”
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