books.google.com - Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of Afghan "freedom fighters" who continued, despite overwhelming...http://books.google.com/books/about/Charlie_Wilson_s_War.html?id=nTtnBA1gbTcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCharlie Wilson's War