Directorate S the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
"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...
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Penguin Press
2018
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- Part one. Blind into battle, September 2001-December 2001
- "Something has happened to Khalid"
- Judgment day
- Friends like these
- Risk management
- Catastrophic success
- Part two. Losing the peace, 2002-2006
- Small change
- Taliban for Karzai
- The enigma
- "His rules were different than our rules"
- Mr. Big
- Ambassador vs. Ambassador
- Digging a hole in the ocean
- Radicals
- Part three. The best intentions, 2006-2009
- Suicide detectives
- Plan Afghanistan
- Murder and the deep state
- Hard data
- Tough love
- Terror and the deep state
- The new big dogs
- Losing Karzai
- A war to give people a chance
- Part four. The end of illusion, 2010-2014
- The one-man C.I.A.
- The conflict resolution cell
- Kayani 2.0
- Lives and limbs
- Kayani 3.0
- Hostages
- Dragon's breath
- Martyrs Day
- Fight and talk
- The Afghan hand
- Homicide Division
- Self-inflicted wounds
- Coups d'état
- Epilogue: Victim impact statements