Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy (Brookings FOCUS Book)
"This is an extremely thoughtful and intelligent analysis of the Obama administration's foreign policy —a model of serious research on contemporary foreign affairs. It is the best account of the Obama foreign policy that I have read." —Fareed Zakaria, CNN, host of "Fareed Zakaria GPS""This is the single best assessment to date of the Obama administration's foreign policy. Although praising the policy as competent and pragmatic, the authors seek to explain why it has generally failed to live up to the visionary goals of the Obama 2008 presidential campaign. A must read to understand the foreign policy challenges that will face whoever is sworn in as President in January 2013." —Stephen J. Hadley, former U.S. national security adviser"A perceptive and incisive review of President Obama's foreign policy through the end of 2011, with the successes and failures clearly explained, explored, and exposed. The three authors bring to the volume deep and up-to-date expertise in the fields about which they write, sharing trenchant analysis and conclusions which readers will find new and interesting. An unusual 'group book' which hangs together and presents an integrated picture." —Thomas R. Pickering, former U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs