Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Paperback - Steve Coll

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The bestselling account of America and Afghanistan's entwinement from 2001 to 2016, and the role played by secretive Pakistani state entity Directo...

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