Charlie Wilsons War, George Crile
Charlie Wilsons War, George Crile
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Charlie Wilson's War

Bestseller

Author: George Crile

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 20 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

This New York Times bestseller is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and of a colorful congressman from Texas who conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the most successful covert operation in CIA history.

About George Crile

George Crile (1945–2006) was an award-winning documentary filmmaker and veteran producer for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II. Charlie Wilson’s War began as a 60 Minutes profile in 1988.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by K on 2007-09-10 16:34:23

This was a great book. I am not particularly into politics but this book was fascinating. Well-written and well-read.

AudiobooksNow review by Leanna on 2009-12-18 20:56:15

After reading this book, I look at the news. The same problems are still there! I wonder when our government and all of it's agencies are going to be on the same page!? I love my country but ???????

Goodreads review by Will on August 15, 2023

Charlie Wilson's War is a chilling tale of how a few determined people can undermine all existing law, use their positions of power and influence to get unseen funds allocated, and pursue a major war without the approval of the American people. Crile was clearly enamored of Wilson, regarding him as......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on September 30, 2018

... creating along the ISIS and probably the rest of forces behind the 9/11 horror... Niiice. How to you really manage to get over people spending billions of tax-payers' money to promote terrorism shit? Read this and see how the author manages to endorse these actions in this research. Q: 9/11 was a......more

Goodreads review by Rob on March 28, 2011

Charlie Wilson's war is indispensible for anyone who wants to understand the roots of our current war in Afghanistan. It's also a primer on how Washington worked in the 1970s-1980s under Reagan, Tip O'Neill, and others. Congressman Charlie Wilson and the CIA funneled billions of dollars worth of mon......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on January 30, 2008

This book was too long and poorly written. It repeated itself and skipped around quite a bit. It took me a very long time to get through this, despite being interested in the material. The author would have done better with a condensed book that flowed better. The story is over dramatized and extrod......more

Goodreads review by Scott on March 07, 2022

During the height of the Cold War, the United States attempted to keep the spread of communism at bay throughout the world without actively engaging in real warfare with the Soviet Union. Certain hot spots, such as Southeast Asia and Central America, were the primary focus of the U.S. military and i......more