{"product_id":"ghost-wars-9780143034667","title":"Ghost Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDirectorate S \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Achilles Trap \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising thread of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, \u003ci\u003eGhost Wars\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399860625751,"sku":"9780143034667","price":17.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143034667.jpg?v=1730468945","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ghost-wars-9780143034667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}