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Release Date: 2008-04-22, Rating: R (Restricted)

Pages: 560, Paperback, Grove Press

Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, Blackstone Audio Inc.

A true story about a hard-drinking, womanizing Texas congressman who, with the help of an unorthodox CIA agent, single-handedly drove the funding of Afghan guerillas in the 1980's in order to beat back the Soviet invasion.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Charlie Wilson's War : Paperback : ATLANTIC BOOKS : 9781843547365 : 1843547368 : 08 Nov 2007 : Two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This book explains the link between these two occurrences. Moving from the secret chambers in CIA headquarters to stand-offs in the Khyber Pass, it is one of the vivid descriptions of CIA operations.

Charlie Wilson's War In the 1980s U.S.Rep. Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), Texas socialite Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Director Mike Nichols Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Hoffman, Amy Adams...

Academy Award winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this compelling and witty film from Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols and Primetime Emmy-winning writer Aaron Sorkin ( The West Wing ). Based on the outrageous true story, Charlie Wilson's War shows how one congressman who loved a good time, one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one renegade CIA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history.

Additional Details Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Rating: Not Rated Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 94 Minutes Region: Region 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Language: English Studio: History Channel DVD Release Date: December 22, 2007 Genre: Documentary Additional 10% off for History Club Members. Join Now A playboy congressman, an outcast CIA operative, and a socialite steer over $300 million of the United States Government’s money — in an era when Reagan couldn’t raise $19 million for the Contras — to fund...

You've seen Hollywood's version of this remarkable tale now take the opportunity to look behind the scenes and find out how boisterous Texas congressman Charlie Wilson and aggressive CIA operative Gust Avrakotos (aka 'Dr. Dirty') really armed the Afghan Mujahideen in the most expansive campaign in CIA history. The effects of Wilson and Avrakotos' efforts are still being felt around the globe nearly two decades after the fact making their story as relevant in the new millennium as it was when they...

Genre: Political Science, History. Subgenre: Political Freedom + Security / Intelligence, Military / General, Asia / Central Asia. Publisher: Grove Pr. Pages: 550. Edition: Reissue. Language: English. Format: paperback. Release Date: November 6, 2007. Date Published: November 6, 2007.

Edition: Abridged, Audio CD, Blackstone Audiobooks

Additional Information About Charlie Wilson's War / Erin Brockovich [DVD]

NONFICTION: The untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. George Crile tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from east Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the Agency’s history.

Crile, George Charlie Wilson's War - 1st Edition/1st Printing Details & Images Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket Edition: First Edition; First Printing Size: 8vo Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003, New York ISBN: 0871138549 [Book #18687] A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; This historical drama tells the story of a former Texas congressman, Charlie Wilson, who persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan...

Charlie Wilson's War continues this fine history. As Charlie Wilson, a Texas senator familiar with the shadier sides of his private appetites, Tom Hanks embodies someone who both enjoys the privileges of and respects the power he possesses. He embodies the seemingly sexist career politician with a winning good ol' boy charm. He hires only attractive women to staff his office, but they are all smart and politically savvy, and he listens to their advice. After seeing a news report about Afghani rebels...

Description: Criles book is the true story of how a Texas Congressman and a rogue CIA agent conspired to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful CIA campaign ever  the operation to fund the mujahideen in their fight against the Soviet army that had invaded Afghanistan. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol to secret chambers at Langley, from arms dealers conventions to the Khyber Pass, Charlie Wilsons War presents an astonishing chapter of our recent past, and the key to understanding...

Political movies about backroom negotiations need not be dry or heavy-handed as Charlie Wilsons War delightfully proves. Based on the true story of playboy congressman Wilsons efforts to fund Afghanistans defense against the Soviet invasion of the 1980s the film is borne along on breezy attitude and a peppery script by West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin. Wilson played by Tom Hanks who also produced is the perfect hero for this kind of tale because there's nothing perfect or heroic about him: He is a highball...