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

“This is the ultimate insider’s view of perhaps the darkest chapter of the Forever Wars. Michael R. Gordon knows everyone, was seemingly everywhere, and brings a lifetime of brilliant reporting to telling this crucial story.” —Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, Sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and author of To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision

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