Lynn Allen at Evergreen Politics on Charley Wilson's War
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"Charley Wilson's War"
See this movie The book, written by George Crile, has stayed with me since I read it shortly after it came out in 2003. It is an amazing story of how three individuals working together, under a president whose philosophy supported them, managed to get the U.S. entangled in a covert war. The trailer for the movie gives me hope that it will do this story proud. The early reviews are very good - a funny, political movie, directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin.
One Congressman, one wealthy right-wing socialite, and a grizzled old CIA operative saw a way to help a plucky group of Afghani cowboy-like characters oust the Soviets from Afghanistan and deliberately weaken them. It worked. They were able to destabilize the Soviet Union, contributing mightily to its break-up.
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