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Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency
Is Barack Obama an idealist or a ruthless pragmatist? He vowed to close Guantánamo, put an end to coercive interrogation and military tribunals, and restore American principles of justice, yet in his first term he has backtracked on each of these promises, ramping up the secret war of drone strikes and covert operations. Behind the scenes, wrenching debates between hawks a...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
June 5th 2012
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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For the most part I enjoyed this book. The most interesting parts of the book are expositions of how idealistic academic lawyers, pragmatic military officials and "middle-of-the-road"-minded politicians approach national security issues. Klaidman does a good job of exposing just how much our laws and legal framework are at play in the war on terror. Can we detain someone outside of a "war zone"? What is a "war zone" in the war on terror? Should terrorists be tried in military or civilian courts?...more
This book does a good job covering the difficulties the Obama administration has faced in developing detainee policies while having much more success in pursuing kill options.
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Daniel Klaidman is a special correspondent for Newsweek, where he has worked since 1996, serving as investigative reporter, Middle East correspondent, Washington bureau chief, and managing editor, before his current position. After 9/11 he led Newsweek's award-winning coverage of the attacks and their aftermath. He is the author of numerous cover stories on terrorism and national security. Klaidma...more
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Nov 25, 2012 04:08pm