Conversations with History: Steve Coll

Conversations Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Steve Coll, Pulitzer prize winning author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden for a discussion of how the superpower conflict in the last stages of the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy before and after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the political dynamics of South Asia created the setting in which Islamic terrorism took root and flourished. Series: "Conversations with History" [5/2005] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 9513]

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[iamaneysayer]

I am reading his book at the moment. Amazing... I typically can't get though the first few chapters of political/historical books, bur his writing just pulls you in. One of my favorite, random, finds of 2008.

[drunkenstooge]

I love the intro music! It obviously hasn't been updated for 30 years.

[jdavis8]

If your like me and searched Ghost Wars on Youtube he starts talking about it at 20:30ish

[ferdaws47]

Steve Coll, Its a great book and Massoud is great.

[tubub]

@drunkenstooge

lol it makes it sound sooo boring

[BedilFilms]

i have got the opportunity to read his translated book & tried alot to find out his english book, but could not find it yet. Great Book, could not stop reading it... it will pull you to read it...

[phdecora]

his name is Massoud.

Mossad is the israel spy organization

[minahilll]

Mossad was not supported by ISI not beacuse he was not Islamist but because of Pakistan's own Pusthun popilation and pusthun seperarist movent from which all taliban have come so it was also question of supporting a ehtic groupo in worn torn afghanistan it meant a lot.

Actually Pakistan lost control of hekmatyer very quickly hekmatyer went to live in iran who with support of India wanted him to run proxy war agaisnt pusthun lead other islamist fighters

[minahilll]

The Pakistani were left to cobble a govt by mujhadeen only as even US policy in 1979 with US nat secuirty advisorBrenzwiki was for support of islamist and not nationalist afghans.

the only other so caslled moderate Mossad was the realy good but followed same bloody tactics of other commanders secondly he was supported by afghan minority tajiks and hazars not to mention Pakistan arch enemy India who beforew soviet invasion was using afghanistan to destablize pakistani western borders

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