Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency
| Author | Daniel Klaidman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9780547547893 |
Daniel Klaidman published Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency in June 2012. The book describes the United States Government's tactics for dealing with individuals suspected of a role in supporting terrorists who have targeted or plan to target the USA.
According to Michael Petrou, writing in Macleans Magazine, "This book is about the clash between President Barack Obama’s pre-election idealism on matters of security and terrorism, and the more pragmatic realities of office.".[1] The Daily Mail journalist, Daniel Bates, wrote Klaidman "tells how Obama 'had come a long way in a short time' after assuming office.".[2] Commenting on President Obama's decision to authorize the killing United States citizen Anwar Awlaki via a missile fired by an unmanned aerial vehicle Steve Coll wrote:[3]
"Klaidman has reported what would appear to be the first instance in American history of a sitting President speaking of his intent to kill a particular U.S. citizen without that citizen having been charged formally with a crime or convicted at trial."[3]
References
- ↑ Michael Petrou (2012-08-03). "REVIEW: Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency". Macleans magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ Daniel Bates (2012-05-28). "Obama's 'kill list' revealed: How President uses Al Qaeda 'baseball cards' to decide who will live and who will die". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
In his new book Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency, which has been extracted on the Daily Beast, he tells how Obama 'had come a long way in a short time' after assuming office.
- 1 2 Steve Coll (2012-08-02). "Kill or capture". The New Yorker magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-06.