Kyle Harrison
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Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Author
George Crile
Published
2003
Pages
550
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: One Texas congressman on an appropriations subcommittee escalating the CIA’s Afghan programme from a few million dollars to the largest covert operation ever run — reported by a 60 Minutes producer who was there.

Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787

Connections

  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • History · Power · Institutions — where this sits in the corpus.