| ISBN |
9780241337356 (paperback) |
| 9781846146602 (hardback) |
| Name |
Coll, Steve author. |
| Title |
Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 / Steve Coll. |
| Published |
[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2018] |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index. |
| Contents |
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 thee. 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subjects |
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency |
| Pakistan. -- Inter Services Intelligence |
| Taliban |
| Qaida (Organization) |
| Afghan War, 2001- |
| Military intelligence -- United States |
| Military intelligence -- Pakistan |
| United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan |
| Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States |
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