Charley Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History / by George Crile
Despite his reputation as a womanizing playboy, there was no denying Charlie Wilson's patriotism. In fact, the Texas congressman was such a walking c
ontradiction that few suspected the inner visionary hidden beneath his cowboy get-up and raw-edged persona. A persistent positivist, Charlie'd grown worried in the wake of Watergate and Vietnam as he saw American losing face abroad. When the Soviets invaded the third-world country of Afghanistan, Wilson (with the help of his Houston socialite mistress and a renegade ex-CIA man) took matters into his own hands, personally orchestrating the military backing needed to turn the tide against the oppressors. It was Wilson’s personalized ‘war’ which took its toll on the Russians, greatly contributing to the Soviet Union’s ultimate implosion. In his book chronicling this outrageously wild—but true—story of a man wagging the dog by the tail, Crile accurately portrays the dynamic world of Charlie Wilson.***Additional copies of the book are available for readers wishing to participate***
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