In Woodrow Wilson's shadow : Obama and the liberal internationalist tradition -- A tissue of lies : the false marketing of brand Obama -- Black skin, white masks : Barack Obama and the recolonization of Africa -- The liberals have their war : the illegal attack on Libya -- Zeus the avenger : Obama, drone warrior and assassin -- Obama's Vietnam : the surge into Afghanistan and his war in Iraq -- In Douglas Mcarthur's shadow : Obama's pivot to Asia and its pitfalls -- Too many lies : igniting a new cold war with Russia -- Obama's betrayal of his Cairo vision -- Bad neighbor policy : beating back the left in Latin America.
Summary:
"Many academics consider Obama to have been a master foreign policy strategist and shrewd practitioner of the art of realpolitik. This book demonstrates, however, that Obama in reality helped to institutionalize a permanent warfare state that resulted in gross human rights violations and contributed to America's strategic decline. His perpetuation of the War on Terror created more enemies and prompted the United States to lose influence in the Middle East. His Pivot to Asia policy intensified prospects for regional war while his unnecessary and willful military intervention destroyed Libya and drew the Russians in to protect Bashir al-Assad who won Syria's civil war. The Obama administration's heavy-handed interference in Ukraine led to effective Russian counter-moves, promoting a strategic alliance with China and regional integration that is moving the world towards multi-polarity. Obama's Unending Wars provides the first comprehensive critical history of the foreign policy of America's forty-fourth president - the drone king who ordered the bombing of seven Muslim countries, backtracked on a pledge to reduce America's nuclear arsenal, and helped fuel a new Cold War with Russia. Obama during his years in office provided billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia as it assisted in the crushing of pro-democracy demonstrators in Bahrain and invaded Yemen. He sanctioned a coup in Honduras which plunged that country into chaos, perpetuated a failed drug war policy and contributed to the recolonization of Africa. As many in the time of Trump now glance nostalgically back to the Obama presidency, this book will help them to see the continuity -- and continuous failure -- of American foreign policy irrespective of the party or figurehead representing it"-- Provided by publisher.
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