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Wilson's successful effort to increase the funding of the anti-Soviet Afghan war was revealed in the book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (2003), by George Crile III. In the 2007 film adaptation Charlie Wilson's War, actor Tom Hanks portrayed Wilson. [53]
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989).
The book contains 33 chapters and an epilogue, spanning Representative Charlie Wilson's life from his early political career to the end of the Soviet-Afghan War.The book is based on a series of interviews that Crile conducted with Congressman Wilson. [1]
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) This film based on a true story explores the beginnings of America’s involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980s, as Congressman Charlie Wilson , moved by the plight of ...
Summary: Set in the early 1980s, "Charlie Wilson's War" details the real-life efforts of US Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman) to help Afghan freedom fighters ...
Many of those who knew Avrakotos in a non-professional capacity did not know of his work at the CIA, particularly in regard to Afghanistan, which changed in 2003 when Criles published Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, his history of Operation Cyclone, which brought him into the public eye. [1]
In the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson's War,” which depicts the top-secret U.S. effort in 1980s Afghanistan, Vickers is shown as the CIA's in-house weapons expert who quickly knows what's needed ...
The efforts of U.S. Representative Charlie Wilson (D-TX) to help the Afghan Mujahideen fight Soviet forces through.....the CIA's Operation Cyclone, the official name of the covert war itself; Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, a 2003 book by George Crile III documenting the above events