Ghost Wars

Steve Coll Ghost Wars

This book, which is about the history of Afghanistan from just before Soviet occupation until 10 SEP 2001, claimed the Pulitzer Prize in 1995. Accordingly, it was nominal mandatory reading for every member of my PRT (and probably every other serviceman in Afghanistan for that matter...). The book focuses a great deal on the CIA, MI6, the ISS and other intelligence agencies. Many, possibly most, of the events described in the book took place in and around Jalalabad; so my initial interest level was unusually high. I blitzed though the first 100 pages back in February, and then bragged to everyone I ran into about the books 'many amiable qualities'. Since that time, I have made little progress and am presently stuck on page 201. I just could not keep my interest high enough...this is for a myriad of reasons, none of which are very good. So it would be best if you just insert your favorite excuse here: “xxxxx”