88 Days to Kandahar:  America’s Wars in Afghanistan, Past and Future

Mr. Robert Grenier rose through the ranks of CIA’s Clandestine Service to assume leadership roles in the greatest national security challenges of his time – as CIA Chief of Station for Pakistan and Afghanistan at 9/11, as CIA’s White House representative during the Iraq campaign, and then as Director of CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center. Earlier in his career, Mr. Grenier was deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, and a special assistant to the Undersecretary of State. He conceived and organized the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, serving as its first Chief of Operations. He also headed the “Farm,” CIA’s basic training center, where he authored the Clandestine Service’s Code of Ethics. He recently authored 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015). Price: $25.