Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War, a book by George Crile, is a true and extraordinary story of how the wildest man in Congress and a rogue CIA agent changed the history of our times. George Crile a veteran producer for 60 Minutes has written a true story that is better than Tom Clancy fiction. In fact, Tom Hanks has purchased the film rights to the book and is going to make a movie based upon it. Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a Democratic Texas Congressman and a CIA agent conspired to launch the biggest,meanest and most successful CIA campaign ever to fund the mujahideen in Afghnistan to fight against the Soviet army that had invaded that country. Through his efforts the Soviets were forced to withdraw turning it into their Vietnam! To find more about it go to www.amazon.com and type in" Charlie Willson's War." My daughter who works on Capitol Hill sent me a copy of the book autographed by both the author and by the subject former US Congressman Charlie Wilson. She got to meet him when she helped organize a "good bye" party for him broadcast on C-SPAN as he was leaving DC to return to Texas. Following his retirment from Congress he had been a lobbiest in Washington DC. When I started reading it I could not put it down. It's a must read for anyone interested in Congress or the CIA.