Kyle Harrison
to-read
First In
First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
- Author
- Gary C. Schroen
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 400
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Gary Schroen led the first CIA team into the Panjshir Valley after September 11 with cash and satellite phones — a first-person account of the weeks before the conventional military arrived.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (listed as “First In: An Insider’s Account of the CIA”), June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- Foreign Policy — The policy the operation was the leading edge of.
- Terrorism — The war it opens.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.