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1.Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by: Steve Coll December 28, 2004
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Very well written and keeps your attention. Very detailed and fact based. The author is as unbiased as they come. I came into this book embarassingly ignorant about international politics, especially the events leading up to September 11, 2001. I feel thankful toward the author for putting together such complex information in a straight forward, but captivating way - a way that lets even the most unaware reader begin to understand the whirlwind of money, politics, fanaticism, and international counter-interests that intersect to create the horrors of tomorrow. I was amazed at how much the US government played a hand in fostering Taliban and al Qaeda. A hand full of tunnel vissioned, post cold-war mongering CIA agents and senators operating with a unconscionable amount power financed, ... Read More

2.The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by: Steve Coll April 01, 2008
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This is a must read for humans. Guess what? The bin Laden clan is not so different from any other family--they've got personalities that span the spectrum. Osama's father had 54 children and died in a plane crash. Daddy was an ambitious, clever, can-do sort of man. A charismatic opportunist, and a capitalist. He built a company up from nothing and, by Islamic law, his fortune and business were passed on to his children. Osama got his share. He was an only child from a Syrian wife. He was a quiet lad and found his way educated by religious extremists ... and he took to it--fundamentalist religion. The rest of the fam took to the good life that money could buy--oil money mostly-- passed on from the King of Saudi Arabia for construction projects. The family disowned Osama and now they are making money ... Read More

3.On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia by: Steve Coll March 31, 2009
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Steve Coll's "On the Grand Trunk Road" carries personal resonance with me. I'm a Sikh and a large portion of Coll's book deals with the Sikh-India conflict from 1984-1996. Coll renders a damning portrait of India's "super cop" K.P.S. Gill, himself a Sikh. Gill succeeded in breaking the Sikh independence movement by instituting a bounty system whereby Indian police and security forces collected huge cash rewards for every Sikh militant that they killed. This system led to innocent Sikh youth being mass murdered so that their state sponsored killers could cash in. Some accused Sikh militants were "killed" repeatedly so that greedy policeman could collect multiple bounties. I actually met K.P.S. Gill and asked him about the abduction and slaying of Sikh human rights ... Read More

4.Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden by: Steve Coll March 03, 2005
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Steve Coll's "On the Grand Trunk Road" carries personal resonance with me. I'm a Sikh and a large portion of Coll's book deals with the Sikh-India conflict from 1984-1996. Coll renders a damning portrait of India's "super cop" K.P.S. Gill, himself a Sikh. Gill succeeded in breaking the Sikh independence movement by instituting a bounty system whereby Indian police and security forces collected huge cash rewards for every Sikh militant that they killed. This system led to innocent Sikh youth being mass murdered so that their state sponsored killers could cash in. Some accused Sikh militants were "killed" repeatedly so that greedy policeman could collect multiple bounties. I actually met K.P.S. Gill and asked him about the abduction and slaying of Sikh human rights ... Read More

5.Ghost Wars: the Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion To September 10, 2001 by: Steve Coll 1980
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Steve Coll's "On the Grand Trunk Road" carries personal resonance with me. I'm a Sikh and a large portion of Coll's book deals with the Sikh-India conflict from 1984-1996. Coll renders a damning portrait of India's "super cop" K.P.S. Gill, himself a Sikh. Gill succeeded in breaking the Sikh independence movement by instituting a bounty system whereby Indian police and security forces collected huge cash rewards for every Sikh militant that they killed. This system led to innocent Sikh youth being mass murdered so that their state sponsored killers could cash in. Some accused Sikh militants were "killed" repeatedly so that greedy policeman could collect multiple bounties. I actually met K.P.S. Gill and asked him about the abduction and slaying of Sikh human rights ... Read More

6.The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of At&T by: Steve Coll 1986-10
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Steve Coll's "On the Grand Trunk Road" carries personal resonance with me. I'm a Sikh and a large portion of Coll's book deals with the Sikh-India conflict from 1984-1996. Coll renders a damning portrait of India's "super cop" K.P.S. Gill, himself a Sikh. Gill succeeded in breaking the Sikh independence movement by instituting a bounty system whereby Indian police and security forces collected huge cash rewards for every Sikh militant that they killed. This system led to innocent Sikh youth being mass murdered so that their state sponsored killers could cash in. Some accused Sikh militants were "killed" repeatedly so that greedy policeman could collect multiple bounties. I actually met K.P.S. Gill and asked him about the abduction and slaying of Sikh human rights ... Read More

7.Ghost Wars. The Secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by: Steve Coll 2004
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Steve Coll's "On the Grand Trunk Road" carries personal resonance with me. I'm a Sikh and a large portion of Coll's book deals with the Sikh-India conflict from 1984-1996. Coll renders a damning portrait of India's "super cop" K.P.S. Gill, himself a Sikh. Gill succeeded in breaking the Sikh independence movement by instituting a bounty system whereby Indian police and security forces collected huge cash rewards for every Sikh militant that they killed. This system led to innocent Sikh youth being mass murdered so that their state sponsored killers could cash in. Some accused Sikh militants were "killed" repeatedly so that greedy policeman could collect multiple bounties. I actually met K.P.S. Gill and asked him about the abduction and slaying of Sikh human rights ... Read More

8.The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of At&T (Touchstone Books) by: Steve Coll 1988-01
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This book reads like a John Grisham novel, except that all of it really happened. Coll is able to take the largest anti-trust litigation in history, against the largest corporation in the world, and make the subject not only interesting but edge-of-your-seat thrilling. I first read this 13 years ago when I started in telecom, and am re-reading it now in light of recent events. The book is not only as good as I remembered it, it's better. And the repercussions of the Ma Bell breakup are still very much with us today.

9.Eagle on the Street: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Account of the Sec's Battle With Wall Street by: David A. Vise, Steve Coll 1992-09
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This book provides an insightful look into one aspect of the life of the "Peter Pan of Chicago", Dr. Gregg Jarrell of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business. Quotes such as "Its easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission" should be a part of any financier's repertiore

10.The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by: Steve Coll 1986
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This book provides an insightful look into one aspect of the life of the "Peter Pan of Chicago", Dr. Gregg Jarrell of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business. Quotes such as "Its easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission" should be a part of any financier's repertiore

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