Book Review: 88 Days to Kandahar; A CIA Diary by Robert Grenier

Abstract

This book is holding a tremendous amount of inside knowledge of how CIA operatives work, plan and negotiate in clandestine operations. From secret meetings to intelligence based operational preparedness, coding and de coding of intelligence intercepts and maneuvering through double cross in a real war time scenario; this book provides a detailed account on various aspects of CIA's way of war. Robert Grenier, a former CIA Station Chief, has authored a great piece of information in this book. He is     one of the key architect of US clandestine intelligence activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan after 9/11 incident. The book gives a mature perspective on initiation of Afghan war and post 9/11 secret meetings of Taliban representatives and CIA officials.