Coll, Steve,   1958- <br/><br/>
Directorate S :  the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan /  
Steve Coll. 
 - xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-736) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one. Blind into battle, September 2001-December 2001 -- "Something has happened to Khalid" -- Judgment day -- Friends like these -- Risk management -- Catastrophic success -- Part two. Losing the peace, 2002-2006 -- Small change -- Taliban for Karzai -- The enigma -- "His rules were different than our rules" -- Mr. Big -- Ambassador vs. Ambassador -- Digging a hole in the ocean -- Radicals -- Part three. The best intentions, 2006-2009 -- Suicide detectives -- Plan Afghanistan -- Murder and the deep state -- Hard data -- Tough love -- Terror and the deep state -- The new big dogs -- Losing Karzai -- A war to give people a chance -- Part four. The end of illusion, 2010-2014 -- The one-man C.I.A. -- The conflict resolution cell -- Kayani 2.0 -- Lives and limbs -- Kayani 3.0 -- Hostages -- Dragon's breath -- Martyrs Day -- Fight and talk -- The Afghan hand -- Homicide Division -- Self-inflicted wounds -- Coups d'état -- Epilogue: Victim impact statements. 
<br/><br/> Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594204586 (hbk.) 1594204586 (hbk.) 9780143132509  (pbk.) 9781846146602 1846146607 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Central Intelligence Agency. <br/>Estados Unidos. Agencia Central de Inteligencia  <br/>Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence. <br/>Pakistán.   Dirección de Inteligencia Inter-Services <br/>Taliban.<br/>Qaida (Organization)<br/>Al Qaeda (Organización)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afghan War, 2001-<br/>Military intelligence--United States.<br/>Military intelligence--Pakistan.<br/>Talibanes <br/>Guerra de Afganistán, 2001-<br/>Inteligencia militar--Estados Unidos<br/>Inteligencia militar--Pakistán
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Military relations--Pakistan.<br/>Pakistan--Military relations--United States.<br/>Estados Unidos --Relaciones militares --Pakistán<br/>Pakistán --Relaciones militares --Estados Unidos 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>401 DS 371.412  / C697d 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.104/7373