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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harmony Books,
[2009]
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| 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.