Charlie Wilson's War

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The true story of how a playboy congressman, a rogue CIA agent, and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history
"Irresistible Can't be believed until Crile and his thorough reporting gradually make it clear that yes, it all really happened."
—san francisco chronicle
"Charlie Wilson's War is a cross between Tom Clancy and Carl Hiaasen, with the distinguishing feature that it's all apparently true."
-the christian science monitor
Now a major motion picture starring Oscar® winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and directed by Academy Award®-winner Mike Nichols, Charlie WiLon 'j War is the story of a bachelor congressman from Texas, Charlie Wilson (Hanks), whose fun-loving exterior masked an extraordinary political mind and a passion for the underdog. In the early 1980s, the underdogs were the Afghan "freedom fighters," or mujahideen, whose country had been invaded by the Russians.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The true story of how a playboy congressman, a rogue CIA agent, and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history
"Irresistible Can't be believed until Crile and his thorough reporting gradually make it clear that yes, it all really happened."
—san francisco chronicle
"Charlie Wilson's War is a cross between Tom Clancy and Carl Hiaasen, with the distinguishing feature that it's all apparently true."
-the christian science monitor
Now a major motion picture starring Oscar® winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and directed by Academy Award®-winner Mike Nichols, Charlie WiLon 'j War is the story of a bachelor congressman from Texas, Charlie Wilson (Hanks), whose fun-loving exterior masked an extraordinary political mind and a passion for the underdog. In the early 1980s, the underdogs were the Afghan "freedom fighters," or mujahideen, whose country had been invaded by the Russians. Encouraged by his longtime friend, patron, and sometime lover, Joanne Herring (Roberts), Wilson partnered with CIA agent Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman) in an outrageous scheme to funnel billions of dollars of aid to the mujahideen, making it possible for the Afghans to defeat the Soviet forces. A compelling account of the last battle of the Cold War, this incredible tale is the key to understanding two of the most important events of our time—the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam.
"A gripping read for students of the Cold War
Central Asia junkies, or those who delight in cloaks, daggers, and plausible deniability." -the economist
GEORGE CRILE (1945-2006) worked for CBS for thirty years, most notably as a producer for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II. Vissza