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Charlie Wilson's war, the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile

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Charlie Wilson's war, the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile
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Charlie Wilson's war
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George Crile
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the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history
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The untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. In the early 1980's, a maverick congressman from east Texas, Charlie Wilson, became a passionate supporter of the mujahideen's struggle against the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, urging the CIA to launch a strong covert operation
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