George Crile
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story of the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from east Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the Agency's history.
In the early 1980s, after a Houston socialite turned Wilson's attention to the ragged Afghan freedom fighters who continued to fight
...Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuades his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the Mujahideen and faces the repercussions of the operation.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuades his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the Mujahideen and faces the repercussions of the operation.