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George Crile

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  • Description: Friday Forum: George Crile III, CBS producer, journalist, and author of Charlie Wilson's war: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, 2003. The book details the partnership of Charlie Wilson, a Texas congressman, and a CIA agent. The pair worked out and executed a secret plan to supply weapons to Afghan rebels used to defeat the Soviets. This victory was a catalyst that contributed to the end Soviet communism and eventually put the fundamentalist Muslim militants of the Taliban in control of Afghanistan. The Annual Cyrus Eaton Memorial Forum.
  • Date: 8/22/2003
  • Program Length: 00:58:47

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