88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary
by Grenier, Robert L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1476712077
- ISBN 13
- 9781476712079
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth Printing. Hard cover in very good condition - appears new & unread. Dark mustard colored boards with black spine cloth containing gilt spine lettering.Interior text block clean & tight; no markings. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped ($28.00.) From the front jacket flap, ""88 Days in Kandahar is the improbable, true story of America's first wa in Afghanistan. Robert Grenier's war plan after 9/11, approved by President George W. Bush, led to a ""final"" but fleeting victory Grenier relives the ""southern campaign,"" a CIA war, which drove al-Qa'ida and the Taliban from its capital, Kandahar, in just 88 days. ... Future success against international terrorism, Grenier concludes, will require relearning the lessons of our defeat of the Taliban.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000152
- Title
- 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary
- Author
- Grenier, Robert L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1476712077
- ISBN 13
- 9781476712079
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Grenier, Robert L, United States - Central Intelligence Agency - Biography, Afghan War 2001 - American personal narratives, Biography, Taliban, Afghanistan - Politics and government - 21st Century, Pakistan
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the Middle East; Military Art & Science;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
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