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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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This group focuses on World War II and other wars. We will discuss and explain some of the many factors and contributions that led to its outcome.

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