Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
by:
George Crile (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
0971487276892
Publish date: November 6th 2007
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Military History
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