Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History.(Book review) From: Army Lawyer | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Judge Advocate General's School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

If there is a single man who has played a part [in the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan] that shall be recorded in history in golden letters, it is that right honorable congressman. Charles Wilson. (3)

The U.S. media has largely overlooked the extent to which the unlikely partnership of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos forced a reluctant U.S. administration to support the Afghan insurgency against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. In Charlie Wilson's War, George Crile provides an overdue and exciting narrative history of that support and attempts to ...