From the devastatingly effective' (Andrew Bacevich) chronicler of American foreign policy, a scathing new assessment of the hawkish militarism of the American presidency in the 21st century.'
A Publishers Weekly Book of the Week (November 11, 2013)"Gardner delivers an engrossing blow-by-blow account of a decade of fierce debates and painful events that offer excruciating parallels with the Vietnam War."Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Gardner's treatment of this brave new mode of presidential war-making is admirably comprehensive."Bookforum