The bestseller by the talented American journalist and TV presenter George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War, is a hitherto unknown story of the last battle of the Cold War. The author talks about the affairs of a quarter-century ago, which significantly spurred the current offensive of Islamic extremists around the world. It all started with the fact that the eccentric congressman Charlie Wilson from East Texas, nicknamed “Jolly Charlie” for his love affairs and stormy life, agreed with a disgraced agent The CIA actually carried out the largest, most sophisticated and successful covert operation in the history of US intelligence agencies.