Coll's

To begin with, to borrow the writer Steve Coll's memorable phrase, Pakistan's size and nuclear weapons program make it the AIG of nation states, too big to fail.

Keep Faith in Pakistan Sadanand Dhume 2011

Strategic opportunity and awareness of costs and folly are what Zakaria's, Coll's, and Brzezinski's books should really be conveying to the President.

Steve Clemons: Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team 2010

While I enjoyed reading the book, a better book for getting a sense of what really went on during the time is Steve Coll's Ghost Wars.

Blogging Charlie Wilson's War: The movie, again, because a couple of things are still bugging me 2008

What Obama likely learned from Coll's book is that Afghanistan would be a tough grind, one that America couldn't easily walk away from without running the risk that the drama in that region will come knocking on America's door if not dealt with.

Steve Clemons: Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team 2010

As The Bin Ladens, Steve Coll's fascinating recent book, demonstrates, precise knowledge about the workings of power, members of the ruling elite, security, and money was intrinsically impossible to find.

One Big Unhappy Family Halliday, Fred 2009

At the same time, Coll's recognition of the interaction between Saudi and US government officials and businessmen may serve to displace, even obscure, the historic responsibility which America should bear, and which few care to investigate, for the rise of al-Qaeda itself.

One Big Unhappy Family Halliday, Fred 2009

Ironically, the pursuit of such greatness will surely be hampered by circumstances suggested by 2 other works on Obama's list - Coll's Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 and Zakaria's The Post-American World.

The haunted president? Burke's Corner 2009

Along with several other American ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, Wyche Fowler has a walk-on part in Coll's book.

One Big Unhappy Family Halliday, Fred 2009

Ironically, the pursuit of such greatness will surely be hampered by circumstances suggested by 2 other works on Obama's list - Coll's Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 and Zakaria's The Post-American World.

Archive 2009-08-01 Burke's Corner 2009

What is more striking about The Bin Ladens are two themes that are not addressed, omissions that follow perhaps inexorably from Coll's approach to the story.

One Big Unhappy Family Halliday, Fred 2009