Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the…
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