Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan /
Coll, Steve, 1958-
Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Steve Coll. - xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.
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.
Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency.
9781594204586 (hbk.) 1594204586 (hbk.) 9780143132509 (pbk.) 9781846146602 1846146607
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Estados Unidos. Agencia Central de Inteligencia
Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence.
Pakistán. Dirección de Inteligencia Inter-Services
Taliban.
Qaida (Organization)
Al Qaeda (Organización)
Afghan War, 2001-
Military intelligence--United States.
Military intelligence--Pakistan.
Talibanes
Guerra de Afganistán, 2001-
Inteligencia militar--Estados Unidos
Inteligencia militar--Pakistán
United States--Military relations--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Military relations--United States.
Estados Unidos --Relaciones militares --Pakistán
Pakistán --Relaciones militares --Estados Unidos
401 DS 371.412 / C697d 2018
958.104/7373
Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Steve Coll. - xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index.
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.
Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency.
9781594204586 (hbk.) 1594204586 (hbk.) 9780143132509 (pbk.) 9781846146602 1846146607
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Estados Unidos. Agencia Central de Inteligencia
Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence.
Pakistán. Dirección de Inteligencia Inter-Services
Taliban.
Qaida (Organization)
Al Qaeda (Organización)
Afghan War, 2001-
Military intelligence--United States.
Military intelligence--Pakistan.
Talibanes
Guerra de Afganistán, 2001-
Inteligencia militar--Estados Unidos
Inteligencia militar--Pakistán
United States--Military relations--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Military relations--United States.
Estados Unidos --Relaciones militares --Pakistán
Pakistán --Relaciones militares --Estados Unidos
401 DS 371.412 / C697d 2018
958.104/7373