Confront and conceal: Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power

Part I: Afghanistan and Pakistan : the curse of unfinished business. Blowing smoke ; "Afghan good enough" ; The bomb scare ; Getting bin Laden, losing Pakistan ; The long game : getting out, without really leaving

Part II: Iran : the zone of immunity. The secret war chapter ; "Cut off the head of the snake" ; Olympic games ; "The land of lousy options"

Part III: Drones and cyber : the remote-control war. The dark side of the light footprint

Part IV: Arab spring : the revolts, and the rise of the brotherhood. "You sold out the revolution" ; Searching for the "right side of history" ; The riddle of the brotherhood ; What works once doesn't always work twice

Part V: China and North Korea : the rebalancing. Restraining the tiger, containing the Kims

Epilogue.