The True Story of Charlie Wilson's War

Sex, drugs, socialites and arms deals! It's better than Hollywood, it's the real life story of a maverick congressman taking history in his own hands.

• From the producers of The True Story of Blackhawk Down.
• Now the subject of a blockbuster movie starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
• Hollywood only scratches the surface of the amazing real story told here.

A playboy congressman, an outcast CIA operative, and a socialite steer over $300 million of the United States Government’s money — in an era when Reagan couldn’t raise $19 million for the Contras — to fund a covert war intended to turn Afghanistan into “Russia’s Vietnam.”

Is this a joke? Is this some improbable work of fiction? Who are these wildly eccentric figures? How did they pull it off?

In this special presentation from THE HISTORY CHANNEL® discover the intricate details of this incredible, fascinating and completely true series of events. Learn how Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson allied with CIA agent Gust Avrakotos and Houston philanthropist Joanne Herring to secretly bankroll the Afghan Mujahideen’s resistance to the Soviet Union. Retrace the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to the CIA’s largest and most successful campaign ever. And understand the wide-ranging and long-lasting implications of this little-known episode.

Loaded with archival material, insider interviews, and dramatic and CGI reconstructions, THE TRUE STORY OF CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR takes you far beyond the Hollywood version!