Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World

by Robert M. Gates

Book Overview

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world.

Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity. Robert Gates argues that this transformation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524731889
• ISBN13: 9781524731885
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"