Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Steve Coll's follow-up to Ghost Wars chronicles the CIA's covert operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 onward, focusing on the spy agency's relationship with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence directorate. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with officials from both countries, Coll reveals how duplicity and competing interests undermined the American war. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the NBCC Award.