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Confront and conceal : Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power, David E. Sanger
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- Summary
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- Inside the White House Situation Room, the newly elected Barack Obama immerses himself in the details of a remarkable new American capability to launch cyberwar against Iran--and escalates covert operations to delay the day when the mullahs could obtain a nuclear weapon. Over the next three years Obama accelerates drone attacks as an alternative to putting troops on the ground in Pakistan, and becomes increasingly reliant on the Special Forces, whose hunting of al-Qaeda illuminates the path out of an unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Confront and Conceal provides readers with a picture of an administration that came to office with the world on fire. It takes them into the Situation Room debate over how to undermine Iran's program while simultaneously trying to prevent Israel from taking military action that could plunge the region into another war. It dissects how the bin Laden raid worsened the dysfunctional relationship with Pakistan. And it traces how Obama's early idealism about fighting "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan quickly turned to fatigue and frustration. One of the most trusted and acclaimed national security correspondents in the country, David Sanger of the New York Times takes readers deep inside the Obama administration's most perilous decisions: The president dispatches an emergency search team to the Gulf when the White House briefly fears the Taliban may have obtained the Bomb, but he rejects a plan in late 2011 to send in Special Forces to recover a stealth drone that went down in Iran. Obama overrules his advisers and takes the riskiest path in killing Osama bin Laden, and ignores their advice when he helps oust Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt. "The surprise is his aggressiveness," a key ambassador who works closely with Obama reports. Yet the president has also pivoted American foreign policy away from the attritional wars of the past decade, attempting to preserve America's influence with a lighter, defter touch--all while focusing on a new era of diplomacy in Asia and reconfiguring America's role during a time of economic turmoil and austerity. As the world seeks to understand whether there is an Obama Doctrine, Confront and Conceal is a fascinating, unflinching account of these complex years, in which the president and his administration have found themselves struggling to stay ahead in a world where power is diffuse and America's ability to exert control grows ever more elusive
- Examines Obama's aggressive use of innovative weapons and new tools of American power to manage a rapidly shifting world of global threats and challenges
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 476 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Contents
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- Afghanistan and Pakistan: the curse of unfinished business
- Iran: the zone of immunity
- Drones and cyber: the remote-control war
- Arab spring: the revolts, and the rise of the brotherhood
- China and North Korea: the rebalancing
- Isbn
- 9780307718044
- Label
- Confront and conceal : Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power
- Title
- Confront and conceal
- Title remainder
- Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power
- Statement of responsibility
- David E. Sanger
- Subject
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- Förenta staterna -- politik och förvaltning
- International relations
- Military leadership
- Military policy -- Decision making
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack -- Military leadership
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Since 2009
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-2017
- United States -- Military policy | Decision making
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- Förenta staterna -- internationella relationer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Inside the White House Situation Room, the newly elected Barack Obama immerses himself in the details of a remarkable new American capability to launch cyberwar against Iran--and escalates covert operations to delay the day when the mullahs could obtain a nuclear weapon. Over the next three years Obama accelerates drone attacks as an alternative to putting troops on the ground in Pakistan, and becomes increasingly reliant on the Special Forces, whose hunting of al-Qaeda illuminates the path out of an unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Confront and Conceal provides readers with a picture of an administration that came to office with the world on fire. It takes them into the Situation Room debate over how to undermine Iran's program while simultaneously trying to prevent Israel from taking military action that could plunge the region into another war. It dissects how the bin Laden raid worsened the dysfunctional relationship with Pakistan. And it traces how Obama's early idealism about fighting "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan quickly turned to fatigue and frustration. One of the most trusted and acclaimed national security correspondents in the country, David Sanger of the New York Times takes readers deep inside the Obama administration's most perilous decisions: The president dispatches an emergency search team to the Gulf when the White House briefly fears the Taliban may have obtained the Bomb, but he rejects a plan in late 2011 to send in Special Forces to recover a stealth drone that went down in Iran. Obama overrules his advisers and takes the riskiest path in killing Osama bin Laden, and ignores their advice when he helps oust Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt. "The surprise is his aggressiveness," a key ambassador who works closely with Obama reports. Yet the president has also pivoted American foreign policy away from the attritional wars of the past decade, attempting to preserve America's influence with a lighter, defter touch--all while focusing on a new era of diplomacy in Asia and reconfiguring America's role during a time of economic turmoil and austerity. As the world seeks to understand whether there is an Obama Doctrine, Confront and Conceal is a fascinating, unflinching account of these complex years, in which the president and his administration have found themselves struggling to stay ahead in a world where power is diffuse and America's ability to exert control grows ever more elusive
- Examines Obama's aggressive use of innovative weapons and new tools of American power to manage a rapidly shifting world of global threats and challenges
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sanger, David E
- Dewey number
- 327.73
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E907
- LC item number
- .S26 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Diplomatic relations
- Military leadership
- Military policy
- Politics and government
- United States
- Förenta staterna
- Förenta staterna
- International relations
- Label
- Confront and conceal : Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power, David E. Sanger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-463) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Afghanistan and Pakistan: the curse of unfinished business -- Iran: the zone of immunity -- Drones and cyber: the remote-control war -- Arab spring: the revolts, and the rise of the brotherhood -- China and North Korea: the rebalancing
- Control code
- ocn753624820
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 476 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307718044
- Lccn
- 2012371924
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780307718020
- (OCoLC)753624820
- Label
- Confront and conceal : Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power, David E. Sanger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-463) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Afghanistan and Pakistan: the curse of unfinished business -- Iran: the zone of immunity -- Drones and cyber: the remote-control war -- Arab spring: the revolts, and the rise of the brotherhood -- China and North Korea: the rebalancing
- Control code
- ocn753624820
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 476 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307718044
- Lccn
- 2012371924
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307718020
- (OCoLC)753624820
Subject
- Förenta staterna -- politik och förvaltning
- International relations
- Military leadership
- Military policy -- Decision making
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack -- Military leadership
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Since 2009
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-2017
- United States -- Military policy | Decision making
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- Förenta staterna -- internationella relationer
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