The inheritance : the world Obama confronts and the challenges to American power /

The chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times offers a riveting insider's account describing the national security crises that will confront America's next president from a nuclear Iran to the lock up of Chinese oil supplies in Africa.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sanger, David E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harmony Books, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Iran : the Mullahs' Manhattan Project. Decoding Project 111
  • Regime-change fantasies
  • Ahmadinejad's monologue
  • The Israel option
  • Pt. 2. Afghanistan : how the good war went bad. The Marshall plan that wasn't
  • The other "mission accomplished"
  • Pt. 3. Pakistan : "how do you invade an ally?" Secrets of Chaklala Cantonment
  • Crossing the line
  • Pt. 4. North Korea : the nuclear renegade that got away. Kim Jong-Il 8, Bush 0
  • Cheney's lost war
  • "Everything is Appomattox
  • Pt. 5. China : new torch, old dragons. Generation Lenovo
  • The puncture strategy
  • Pt. 6. The three vulnerabilities. Deterrence 2.0
  • The invisible attack
  • Dark angel
  • Obama's challenge.