Charlie Wilsons War Page

Charlie Wilson's War refers to both the by George Crile and its 2007 film adaptation , which chronicle the largest covert operation in CIA history: the secret funneling of billions of dollars in weapons to the Afghan Mujahedeen to defeat the Soviet Union during the 1980s. The Real Story

: Charlie Wilson was a hard-partying Democratic Congressman from Texas known as "Good Time Charlie". Despite his playboy image, he was a passionate anti-communist who used his seat on the House Appropriations Committee to single-handedly increase funding for the Afghan resistance from $5 million to over $500 million annually. Charlie Wilsons War

: Wilson collaborated with Gust Avrakotos , a maverick CIA operative, and Joanne Herring , a wealthy Houston socialite and anti-communist crusader, to bypass bureaucratic red tape and arm the Mujahedeen. Charlie Wilson's War refers to both the by