The Resource Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile
Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile
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The item Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Morgan County Public Library.
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- Summary
- Recounts the events surrounding the last battle of the Cold War and discusses how those events fueled the new jihad and led to the rise of militant Islam
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780871138545
- Label
- Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history
- Title
- Charlie Wilson's war
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history
- Statement of responsibility
- George Crile
- Subject
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- trueMilitary assistance, American -- Afghanistan
- Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan
- trueMontana
- trueMulheisen, Detective Sergeant (Fictitious character)
- trueMysteries
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePolice -- Detroit, Michigan
- truePoliticians -- United States
- trueRetirement
- trueSecret service -- Afghanistan
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- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- trueUnited States, Congress
- trueVigilantes
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- trueAfghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
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- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts the events surrounding the last battle of the Cold War and discusses how those events fueled the new jihad and led to the rise of militant Islam
- Summary
- A one-time freelance contractor for the Mob, Joe Service is hired by a cadre of rogue government agents to find a missing operative known as Franko
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 123379
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- Library Journal
- Booklist starred
- Pub Weekly
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crile, George
- Dewey number
- 958.104/5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- DS371.2
- LC item number
- .C75 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Detective Sergeant Mulheisen mysteries
- Series volume
- 0009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wilson, Charles
- United States
- Military assistance, American
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18178842
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871138545
- Lccn
- 2002019074
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (LHPL)238685
- Label
- Charlie Wilson's war : the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history, George Crile
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18178842
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871138545
- Lccn
- 2002019074
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (LHPL)238685
Subject
- Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Secret service -- United States
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCIA
- trueConspiracies
- trueDrug traffic
- trueHistory Writing -- Asia | South Asia | Afghanistan
- trueHistory Writing -- Spies and Spying
- trueInternational intrigue
- trueLovers
- trueMilitary assistance, American -- Afghanistan
- Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan
- trueMontana
- trueMulheisen, Detective Sergeant (Fictitious character)
- trueMysteries
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePolice -- Detroit, Michigan
- truePoliticians -- United States
- trueRetirement
- trueSecret service -- Afghanistan
- trueUndercover operations
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- trueUnited States, Congress
- trueVigilantes
- trueWeapons, American
- trueWilson, Charles, 1933-
- Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010
- trueYoung women
- trueAssassins
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- trueAfghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Afghanistan -- History
- trueAfghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
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