Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Barack Obama entered office determined to end America’s wars. Instead, his presidency helped redefine how America fights them.Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and the campaign against ISIS confronted the Obama administration with a fundamental strategic problem: how could the United States achieve its objectives without committing to another large-scale, open-ended ground war?Obama at War examines how the administration responded-and what those decisions reveal about the changing character of American military power. It traces the evolution of Obama’s grand strategy from the withdrawal from Iraq and the Afghanistan surge to intervention in Libya and the return of US forces to combat ISIS.At its heart is the relationship between strategy and the use of force. The book explores an emerging model of American warfare built around air power, intelligence, special operations, technological advantage, partners and limited deployments rather than mass conventional intervention.But did this approach deliver strategic effect-or simply reduce the political and military costs of remaining at war?Obama at War provides a critical assessment of the opportunities and limitations of military power during a period of profound strategic change. It examines the difficult relationship between political objectives, operational choices and military outcomes-and asks what the Obama experience can teach today’s commanders, strategists and policymakers about fighting limited wars in an era of persistent competition and conflict. 6
