This is an important book. Judiciously argued and meticulously researched, Erika King astutely deconstructs the nature of the disconnect between President Obamas public rhetoric and the mainstream medias post-mortem on the meaning and consequences of withdrawal from Iraq and the anticipated exit from Afghanistan. But significantly, as the country fades to black on the messy and ambiguous legacies of these two wars after over a decade of fighting, the still largely unexamined core assumptions of the Bush-Obama war on terror meta-narrative suggests distressing institutional failure by Congress, the press and the political establishment. Robert A. Wells, Thiel College, USA Much research has been done on the language of the War on Terror, between 2001 and 2003. This book offers a valuable new analysis of elite and media discourse during the War on Terrors latter stages. Detailed research answers questions about change and continuity in the language of the War on Terror, as well as the evolving relationship between political and media discourses. Jack Holland, University of Surrey, UK Recommended. Choice 'Obama, the Media, and Framing the U.S. Exit from Iraq and Afghanistan examines two case studies of presidential and media framing: the weeks surrounding the formal announcements of Obamas December 2009 surge-then-exit strategy from Afghanistan; and the end of combat operations in Iraq in August 2010. ... Erika G. Kings compelling conclusions make this book is attractive to students interested in media framing, war studies, and foreign politics.' LSE Review of Books
