Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare,

Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America

A distinguished historian with over a decade inside the US Department of Defense shows how the downsizing of our armed forces lowers the nationâ€™s defense and puts us at risk.

In this stunningly detailed account of US military power in the Obama era, Mark Moyar reveals how Obamaâ€™s military decisions have led to the international catastrophes of his second term. While our current downward spiral did not grab the attention of the American people until 2014, Moyar finds its roots in Obamaâ€™s first-term decisions to shrink the US military and replace large overseas military commitments with â€œlight footprints.â€

Obamaâ€™s preoccupation with his political self-interest has consistently trumped the national interest. Moyar documents how Obama has failed to deliver on his substitutes for military power. Cutting through the chaff of partisan bickering with penetrating analysis, he homes in on the events and personalities driving failures across the globe.

Moyar illustrates how Obamaâ€™s policies led to the rise of ISIS, and how conditions are primed for future cataclysms. He shows how the killing of the US ambassador at Benghazi was the result of a light-footprint approach in Libya, and reveals the problems stemming from our reliance on drone strikes. The ongoing military drawdown and international perceptions of Obamaâ€™s passivity have heightened the risks to America from her enemies.

Drawing upon the lessons of Obamaâ€™s presidency, Moyar concludes by identifying a better way for US national security in the twenty-first century. Strategic Failure is a timely and fascinating opening salvo in the looming 2016 showdown between Republican and Democratic presidential contenders.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Threshold Editions
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber FLAPK9781476713243
ReleaseDate 2015-06-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476713243

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Threshold Editions
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	FLAPK9781476713243
ReleaseDate	2015-06-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476713243

Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America

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