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050	0	0	_aDS371.413. _bS376 2005
100	1		_aSchroen, Gary C.
245	1	0	_aFirst in : _ban insider's account of how the CIA spearheaded the war on terror in Afghanistan / _cGary C. Schroen.
250			_aFirst edition, 2005.
260			_aNew York : _bPresidio Press/Ballantine Books, _c©2005.
300			_axiii, 379 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aAbstract: An agency insider furnishes an account of the role of the CIA in the war against terror in Afghanistan, chronicling the complex negotiations with Afghan warlords that led to the defeat of the Taliban, despite the disastrous close calls caused by pressurefrom Washington.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: Prologue: 9 September 2001 -- Washington, DC 11-19 September 2001 -- History -- On the move from Germany to Uzbekistan 19-25 September 2001 -- JAWBREAKER 26-28 September 2001 -- Sizing up the enemy 29 September -- 1 October 2001 -- The realities of war 2-18 October 2001 -- A change of plan? -- The A-Teams are in 19-23 October 2001 -- ALPHA Team and the battle south of Mazar-e Sharif 23 October 2001 -- Efforrts in the south -- fighting north of Qandahar -- JAWBREAKER Team and the triple nickel at Baghram Air Base late October 2001 -- The bombing steps up 1-4 November 2001 -- The fall of Kabul 1-14 November 2001 -- Afterword.
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600	2	0	_aSchroen, Gary C.
650		0	_aAfghan War (2001- ).
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- – Secret service.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- – Personal narratives.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- – Personal narratives, American.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- – Secret service – United States.
650		0	_aUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency.
650		0	_aPersonal narratives – American.
852			_xAccess Date: 05-Oct-05
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