Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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Book
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xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Afghan War, 2001-
Military intelligence -- Pakistan.
Military intelligence -- United States.
Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States.
Pakistan. -- Inter Services Intelligence.
Qaida (Organization)
Special operations (Military science) -- United States.
Taliban.
United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency.
Military intelligence -- Pakistan.
Military intelligence -- United States.
Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States.
Pakistan. -- Inter Services Intelligence.
Qaida (Organization)
Special operations (Military science) -- United States.
Taliban.
United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency.
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.
Description
"Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation with, although often in direct opposition to, I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the United States 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 United States, deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the United States 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."--Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Coll, S. (2018). Directorate S: the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan . Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coll, Steve. 2018. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coll, Steve. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Coll, Steve. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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