Directorate S

By Steve Coll

Subjects: United States Central Intelligence Agency, Afghan War, 2001-, Military relations, Military intelligence, United states, military policy, New York Times bestseller, Special operations (Military science), Afghan war, 2001-, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence, United states, central intelligence agency, Taliban, United States, New York Times reviewed, Asia, history, Qaida (Organization), United states, foreign relations, middle east, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-02-25, Pakistan, Middle east, foreign relations, united states

Description: 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.