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“Afghanistan: War without End?” The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. PBS. 27 December 1985. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/afghanistan/afghan_12-27-85.html

Ansen, David. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Newsweek 17 December 2007: 64. http://www.newsweek.com/id/74399

Bernardinelli, James. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Reelviews. 2007. http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=32

Borovik, Artem. The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist’s Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 1990.

Carlson, Peter. "Sticking to his Guns: Charlie Wilson: The Wild Card Image was the Real Deal." Washington Post 22 Dec. 2007.

Charity, Tom. Rev. of Charlie Wilson’s War, dir. Mike Nichols. CNN 21 December 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/21/review.charlie/index.html

Charles Wilson Congressional Papers http://libweb.sfasu.edu/proser/etrc/collections/manuscript/personal/wilsoncharles/index.html

Charlie Wilson's War http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/region/ETtoday/cww/index.html

Charlie Wilson's War -- Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgx5WkwSJzU

“Charlie Wilson’s War: Aaron Sorkin Interview.” Movieweb.com. March 2008. http://www.movieweb.com/video/VIg6KlhoVZGKkj

“Charlie Wilson’s War: George Crile.” Ex Libris Book Reviews. 5 March 2005. http://elise.com/books/el/archives/charlie_wilsons_war_-_george_crile.php

Cinema Judge Interview #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3IZnB9HiY

Cinema Judge Interview #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmA0b2j2c2Q&feature=related

Coll, Steve. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. New York: Penguin, 2004.

Cordovez, Diego. Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal. New York: Oxford UP, 1995.

Corliss, Richard. “For Charlie Wilson, War is Swell.” Time 21 December 2007. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1697661,00.html

Crile, George. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. New York: Atlantic Monthly P, 2003.

Danahar,Paul. "Afghanistan's New Militant Alliances." BBC News 17 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4915692.stm

Ebert, Roger. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Chicago Sun Times 21 December 2007. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/REVIEWS/712200303/1023

Estrin, Mark W. (updated by H. Wayne Schuth, further updated by Robyn Karney). "Mike Nichols." Film Reference. http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Mi-Pe/Nichols-Mike.html

Galeotti, Mark. Afghanistan: The Soviet Union’s Last War. Portland: Frank Cass 1995.

Girardet, Edward. Afghanistan: The Soviet War. New York: St. Martin’s Press 1985.

Grant, Meg. "The Secret Deal -- Before there was a war on terror, there was Charlie Wilson's War. A conversation between Tom Hanks and the Congressman he plays." Reader's Digest (January 2008): 74-79. http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/tom-hanks--charlie- wilsons-war/article50630-1.html

Hill, Lee. “Mike Nichols.” Senses of Cinema. http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/nichols/

Hunter, Stephen. “Charlie Wilson Firing on all Cylinders.” Washington Post 21 December 2007.

“Interview: Mike Nichols.” The Deadbolt.com. http://www.thedeadbolt.com/interviews/mikenichols_interview.php

Joanne King Herring http://joanneherring.com/life/

Johns, Michael. "Charlie Wilson's War Was Really America's War." Michael Johns blog. 19 January 2008. http://michaeljohnsonfreedomandprosperity.blogspot.com/2008/01/charlie-wilsons-war-was-really-americas.html

Kakar, M. Hassan. The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response: 1979-1982. Berkeley: U of California P, 1995. http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft7b69p12h&brand=ucpress

LaSalle, Mick. “'Charlie Wilson' and Texas socialite make love -- and war.” San Francisco Chronicle 21 December 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/21/DDMMU02LC.DTL

Leopold, Todd. “The Real Charlie Wilson: ‘War’ Got it Right.” CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/23/charlie.wilson/index.html

McElwaine, Sandra. "Charlie Wilson Regrets Nothing." Time 6 Dec. 2007. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692047,00.html

McGuigan, Cathleen. “War, Peace, and Mike Nichols.” Newsweek 17 December 2007. http://www.newsweek.com/id/74398/output/print

Mendelson, Sarah Elizabeth. Changing Course: Ideas, Politics, and the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1998.

Nadel, Alan. "Charlie Wilson's War." Journal of American History 95 (2008): 286-88.

Oppenheimer, Jean. “A Rogue Politician -- Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC balances drama and satire in Charlie Wilson's War.” American Cinematographer 89.1 (2008): 70-81.

Podhoretz, John. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Weekly Standard 13 (2008): 38-40.

Puig, Claudia. Rev. of Charlie Wilson’s War, dir. Mike Nichols. USA Today 21 December 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-12-20-charlie-wilsons-war_N.htm

Rollins, Peter C. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. New York: Columbia UP, 2003.

Scott, A.O. “Good Time Charlie’s Foreign Affairs.” New York Times 21 December 2007.

Sklar, Robert. "Charlie Wilson's War." Cineaste 33.2 (2008): 48-49.

Sklar, Robert. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Cineaste 33 (2008): 48-51.

Smith, Clay. “Journalist George Crile on his ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’” Austin Chronicle 27 June 2003. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A165584

“Socialite Joanne Herring Wins ‘War.’” NY Daily News 27 December 2007. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/12/12/2007-12-12_socialite_joanne_herring_wins_war.html

“Timeline: The Soviet War in Afghanistan.” BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7883532.stm

Tom Hanks Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IYAfUW6ss

Travers, Peter. “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Rolling Stone 13 December 2007. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15086826/review/17652584/charlie_wilsons_war

The True Story of Charlie Wilson. A&E Home Video, 2008.

U.S.-Afghanistan Relations: Gaining Perspectives. Films for the Humanities, 2002.

Wilonsky, Robert. “Moolah for Mullahs.” Village Voice 11 December 2007. http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-12-11/film/moolah-for-mullahs/