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88 days to Kandahar a CIA diary

By Robert L , Grenier , Robert;Grenier

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Year
2016
ISBN
9781476712079, 1476712077, 9781476712086, 1476712085
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
53 MB (55509223 bytes)
Series
Biography & autobiography
Edition
First Simon & Schuster paperbacks trade paperback edition
Pages
xix, 443 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The "first" Afghan War, a CIA war in response to 9/11, was directed by the CIA Station Chief in Islamabad. It put Hamid Karzai in power in 88 days. "If you want an insider's account of the first American-Afghan War, you can't do better than this...Important reading to understand where we are today" (Library Journal). From his preparation of the original, post-9/11 war plan, approved by President Bush, through to "final" fleeting victory, Robert Grenier relates the tale of the "southern campaign," which drove al-Qa'ida and the Taliban from Kandahar, its capital, in an astonishing eighty-eight days. "With his ringside seat as the senior agency official stationed closest to Afghanistan, Grenier is able to describe meeting by meeting, sometimes phone call after phone call, how events unfolded" (The New York Times). In his gripping account, we meet: General Tommy Franks, who bridles at CIA control of "his" war; General "Jafar Amin," a gruff Pakistani...

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