<Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Atlantic Monthly Press </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0871138545 </Td> </Tr> <P> Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (later titled Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times) was a 2003 book by George Crile III . It detailed U.S. Representative Charlie Wilson's role in providing assistance to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan . It was adapted into the 2007 Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson's War, in which Wilson was portrayed by Tom Hanks . </P>

Charlie wilson's war the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history