Strategic failure : how President Obama's drone warfare, defense cuts, and military amateurism have imperiled America /
A strategic foreign consultant with over a decade of working for the US shows how the downsizing of our armed forces lowers the nation's defense and puts us at risk. In this stunningly detailed account of US military power in the Obama era, Mark Moyar reveals how Obama's military decisions...
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New York :
Threshold,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st Threshold hardcover ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Strategic failure : |b how President Obama's drone warfare, defense cuts, and military amateurism have imperiled America / |c Mark Moyar. |
| 250 | |a 1st Threshold hardcover ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Threshold, |c 2015. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 387 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- A Man of Change -- The Strategy of Team Obama -- The Afghanistan Debate -- Slashing the Budget -- Lightening the Footprints -- Military Footprints Matter -- COIN Can Work -- Half a COIN Doesn't Work -- Hard Power Crosses Borders -- Drones Are Not Enough -- Allies Are Unreliable -- Bigger Is Better -- Not So Smart Power -- Dangerous Nations -- Reclaiming Military Power -- Rallying the Public -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a A strategic foreign consultant with over a decade of working for the US shows how the downsizing of our armed forces lowers the nation's defense and puts us at risk. In this stunningly detailed account of US military power in the Obama era, Mark Moyar reveals how Obama'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 Obama's first-term decisions to shrink the US military and replace large overseas military commitments with light footprints. Obama'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 his sharp analysis, he homes in on the events and personalities driving failures across the globe. Moyar illustrates how Obama'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 growing from our reliance on drone strikes. The ongoing military drawdown and international perceptions of Obama's passivity have heightened the risks to America from her enemies. Drawing upon the lessons of Obama'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. | ||
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