Asad Durrani's latest book Pakistan Adrift: Navigating Troubled Waters has just been released. Durrani served as a three star general in the Pakistan army, and later headed the Inter-Services Intelligence agency from 1990 to 1992.Published by Westland under their new literary imprint, Context, the book was released on August 20.The book is rich with an insider’s account of Pakistan’s civil and military leadership. It follows Pakistan’s transition from the military rule to democracy and new perspectives on the Saudi involvement and reaction to 9/11 and on the Kingdom’s shifting foreign policy goals following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.As an intelligence chief, General Durrani dealt with many critical issues at home and abroad. In Pakistan Adrift, the author reflects on his time in office—refined by distance and by diplomatic stints in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Durrani's assessment of the challenges faced by Pakistan in the last decades is both novel and informed. Though critical of the country’s civil and military leadership, also conceding some of his own flaws, he argues that the real causes of Pakistan’s travails differ from what international observers have come to believe.Durrani's book The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI And The Illusion Of Peace was released early this year by HarperCollins.