Provides a comprehensive overview of the CIA's and other covert agencies' operations in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, detailing the rise of the Taliban and bin Laden, the secret efforts of the CIA to capture or kill bin Laden since 1998, and their failure [...]
In "The Bin Ladens," two- time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues where "Ghost Wars" left off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the twenty-first century. Rising from a famine-stricken desert into luxury, private compounds, and even business deals with Hollywood celeb[...]
An "extraordinary" and "monumental" expose of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll ("The Washington Post")
In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil--the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States--Steve Coll reveals the true extent of i[...]
From twice-Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Steve Coll comes "Private Empire", winner of the Ft/Goldman Sachs business book of the year award 2012. The oil giant ExxonMobil makes more money annually than the GDP of most countries; has greater sway than US embassies abroad; and spends more on lobbying t[...]
Winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012
An "extraordinary" and "monumental" expose of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll ("The Washington Post")
In "Private Empire "Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful privat[...]
Steve Coll's "Private Empire" is winner of the FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. In this prize-winning book, the author of "Ghost Wars" and "The Bin Ladens" investigates the notoriously mysterious ExxonMobil Corporation and the secrets of the oil industry. In many of the nations[...]
The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution.[...]
The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most closed, unaccountable countries on earth. Little has been known about the world that created Osama - until now. In this gripping account prizewinning journalist Steve Coll has interviewed those closest to the family who rose from Yeme[...]