Confront and Conceal

Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power

David E. Sanger

$45

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
23 April 2013

History; History of the Americas; Political control & freedoms

From the bestselling author of The Inheritance, the first comprehensive assessment of Obama's foreign policy challenges and achievements.

""This astonishingly revealing insider's account of the Obama administration's foreign policy process is a triumph."" -Foreign Affairs

President Obama's administration came to office with the world on fire. Confront and Conceal is the story of how, in his first term, Obama secretly used the most innovative weapons and tools of American power, including our most sophisticated-and still unacknowledged-arsenal of cyberweapons, aimed at Iran's nuclear program.

Washington and the world were rocked by Confront and Conceal, which goes deep into the Situation Room as Obama questions whether this new weapon can slow Iran and avoid a war-or whether it will create blowback, as the Iranians and others retaliate with cyberattacks on the United States. It describes how the bin Laden raid worsened the dysfunctional relationship with Pakistan, and how Obama's early idealism about fighting a ""war of necessity"" in Afghanistan quickly turned to fatigue, frustration, and now withdrawal. As the world seeks to understand how Obama will cope with nationalistic leaders in Beijing, a North Korea bent on developing a nuclear weapon that can reach American shores, and an Arab world where promising revolutions turned to chaos, Confront and Conceal-with an updated epilogue for this paperback edition-provides an unflinching account of these complex years of presidential struggle, in which America's ability to exert control grows ever more elusive.

By: David E. Sanger
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9780307718037
ISBN 10: 0307718034
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 23 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID E. SANGER is the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times and bestselling author of The Inheritance. He has been a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize and has received numerous awards for coverage of the presidency and national security policy.

Reviews for Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power

A must-read for policy wonks and a good primer on how American power works beyond our borders. --Kirkus Penetrating history of the presiden'ts effort to grapple with a world in flux... --New York Times Sanger is one of the leading national security reporters in the United States, and this astonishingly revealing insider's account of the Obama administration's foreign policy process is a triumph of the genre.'' --Foreign Affairs Meticulously reported, immensely readable... --The Washington Post