xxviii, 818 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
Originally published by Little, Brown and Company in 2015 as Power wars: inside Obama's post-9/11 presidency.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Obama's 9/11. The captive ; Acting like Bush tThings fall apart -- Part II. War in the twenty-first century. Look forward, not back (Captives 2009) ; Stellarwind (Surveillance 1928-2009) ; Targeted killing -- Part III. The security state. Ratchet (Captives 2010-2011) ; The leak crackdown ; Secrecy and secret law -- Part IV. American-style democracy. Wounds the won't heal (Captives 2011-2017) ; Institutionalized (Surveillance 2009-2017) ; The tug of wars
Summary
Recounts how the Obama administration has responded to and been shaped by the international dynamics of the post-September 11 world