2018, ISBN: 9781594204586

Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars,
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Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation, although often in direct opposition, with I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the US was trying to quell extremists, a highly secretive and compartmentalized wing of I.S.I., known as Directorate S, was covertly training, arming, and seeking to legitimize the Taliban, in order to enlarge Pakistan's sphere of influence. After 9/11, when fifty-nine countries, led by the U. S., deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the U.S. was set on an invisible slow-motion collision course with Pakistan.Today we know that the war in Afghanistan would falter badly because of military hubris at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the drain on resources and provocation in the Muslim world caused by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and corruption. But more than anything, as Coll makes painfully clear, the war in Afghanistan was doomed because of the failure of the United States to apprehend the motivations and intentions of I.S.I.'s Directorate S. This was a swirling and shadowy struggle of historic proportions, which endured over a decade and across both the Bush and Obama administrations, involving multiple secret intelligence agencies, a litany of incongruous strategies and tactics, and dozens of players, including some of the most prominent military and political figures. A sprawling American tragedy, the war was an open clash of arms but also a covert melee of ideas, secrets, and subterranean violence. Coll excavates this grand battle, which took place away from the gaze of the American public. With unsurpassed expertise, original research, and attention to detail, he brings to life a narrative at once vast and intricate, local and global, propulsive and painstaking. This is the definitive explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia. Nothing less than a forensic examination of the personal and political forces that shape world history, Directorate S is a complete masterpiece of both investigative and narrative journalism. Trade Books>Hardcover>World History>Mideast,N Africa Hist>Mideast,N Africa Hist, Penguin Publishing Group Core >2<

2018, ISBN: 9781594204586

Penguin Press. New. Penguin Press, 2018 New Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthra… Mehr…

Penguin Press. New. Penguin Press, 2018 New Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation, although often in direct opposition, with ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency While the US was trying to quell extremists, a highly secretive and compartmentalized wing of ISI, known as "Directorate S," was covertly training, arming, and seeking to legitimize the Taliban, in order to enlarge Pakistan's sphere of influence After 9/11, when fifty-nine countries, led by the U S, deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the US was set on an invisible slow-motion collision course with PakistanToday we know that the war in Afghanistan would falter badly because of military hubris at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the drain on resources and provocation in the Muslim world caused by the US-led invasion of Iraq, and corruption But more than anything, as Coll makes painfully clear, the war in Afghanistan was doomed because of the failure of the United States to apprehend the motivations and intentions of ISI's "Directorate S" This was a swirling and shadowy struggle of historic proportions, which endured over a decade and across both the Bush and Obama administrations, involving multiple secret intelligence agencies, a litany of incongruous strategies and tactics, and dozens of players, including some of the most prominent military and political figures A sprawling American tragedy, the war was an open clash of arms but also a covert melee of ideas, secrets, and subterranean violence Coll excavates this grand battle, which took place away from the gaze of the American public With unsurpassed expertise, original research, and attention to detail, he brings to life a narrative at once vast and intricate, local and global, propulsive and painstaking This is the definitive explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia Nothing less than a forensic examination of the personal and political forces that shape world history, Directorate S is a complete masterpiece of both investigative and narrative journalism, Penguin Press, 6<

2018, ISBN: 9781594204586

HARDCOVER. SIGNED at the Book Signing Event. Directorate S - The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan By Steve Coll (2018). SIGNED, to the full title page by Steve… Mehr…

HARDCOVER. SIGNED at the Book Signing Event. Directorate S - The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan By Steve Coll (2018). SIGNED, to the full title page by Steve Coll, the author. Brand New and Never owned. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. Book has no tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to the full title page. No inscription; full signature only. From the National Book Critics Circle Awards Celebration at The New School in New York City on March 14, 2019. FREE: The color National Book Critics Circle Awards Celebration program plus a two-sided, color, souvenir bookmark featuring the NBCC Finalists for publishing year 2018 and a two-sided, color, souvenir bookmark featuring the John Leonard Prize featuring winner Tommy Orange and copies of four book reviews are included. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped via USPS mail with free delivery confirmation. **** Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Steve Coll is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the C.I. A., Afghanistan and Bin Laden from the Soviet Union to September 10, 2001, and the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute in Washington, D.C. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and previously worked for twenty years at The Washington Post, where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of eight books, including On the Grand Trunk Road, The Bin Ladens, and Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan were published on February 6, 2018. ISBN: 978-1594-2045-86. BS12578., Penguin Press; First Edition edition (February 6, 2018), 6<

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