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Steve Coll plans a final volume in his panoramic and investigative series on the U.S. misadventure in Central Asia, Penguin Press says.

What's next: His new work will pick up from where the his latest work left off, to the fall of Kabul and beyond.

The trilogy began with "Ghost Wars," the Pulitzer-Prize winning account that traced the CIA's covert war against Soviet occupation during the 1980s, through the rise of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden, to the eve of the 9/11 attacks.

"Directorate S," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, opened on 9/11 and carried the history through 2016, to the eve of Donald Trump's election to the White House.

Details: No date set for the new book. The editor is Ann Godoff.  The agent is Melanie Jackson.

Ending a trilogy: Steve Coll on losing Afghanistan

It will follow the fall of Kabul and beyond.

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Steve Coll plans a final volume in his panoramic and investigative series on the U.S. misadventure in Central Asia, Penguin Press says.What&#x27;s next: His new work will pick up from where the his latest work left off, to the fall of Kabul and beyond.

President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

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China is becoming the most formidable rival America has faced, and the risk of confrontation with Russia, North Korea or Iran still looms. Authoritarians are rising, the chaotic Afghanistan exit revealed the limits of U.S. power, and the pandemic, climate change and other critical challenges continue to pose grave threats.

Ending a trilogy: Steve Coll on losing Afghanistan

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