Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump

by Michael R. Gordon

Book Overview

An essential account of the struggle against ISIS--and of how Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have waged war.

In 2014, President Obama overcame his long-standing aversion to large-scale military action in the Middle East and took the United States to war against the Islamic State. Assembling a coalition of regional and European allies, the US military began a massive bombing campaign and returned its advisers to Iraq. Today, ISIS...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374279896
• ISBN13: 9780374279899
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"