"Milt Bearden really delivers. With thirty years in the CIA to back it up, he knows what he's talking about. A terrific book." -Robert De Niro "A heart-stopping tale of espionage and betrayal. Forget Tom Clancy: this is the real thing." -Richard Holbrooke "In this suspense-filled thriller, the man who ran the closing phases of the Afghan war for the Agency takes his readers on a stunning voyage of discovery through that clandestine world, from Kabul to Hong Kong and the Moscow of the Evil Empire." -Larry Collins, co-author of Is Paris Burning? "A truly engrossing espionage read . Bearden explains how the CIA supplied Afghan guerrillas with the hardware-rockets, Stinger surface-to-air missiles, and night-vision equipment-which enabled them to chew a vastly stronger Soviet force to bloody ribbons.

Highly recommended." -The Washington Times From the Trade Paperback edition.