Musings of an Idiot

Ghost Wars

I finally managed to finish reading 'Ghost Wars' by Steve Coll. It was an exhausting read. The main book is only 600 odd pages (the rest being detailed notes and explanations about things) but it felt like I had read close to 3000 pages. It is that comprehensive and thorough and the best thing about it is that it is immensely readable. It is a page turner. And to think all this happened it is easy to see the state of the world politics right now, in relation to the fight on terror. The book deals with the secret history of CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden from Soviet invasion to September 10,2001. It unfolds as a story of hope and then soon turns to absolute horror as it progresses. The book is not an easy read (read -not light entertainment), it asks you to pay full attention to whats happening as everything has a consequence. I was so absorbed in the history that it was hard to put the book down even while going to bed. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand whats happening with our world. If you are interested then you can read an excerpt from the book and also here is a Q&A session with Steve Coll.


Well - now that I finished reading that book, I can try and take a breather before plunging into my next one. At this point I have 9 important things to sort out at professional and personal level and I have initiated action on all of them in one form or the other. Some will take a little longer than the others but I intend to strike them off my list within the next couple of months.

That's me for now.
Amit

Labels: Books

posted by Amit @ 7:37 PM