Not merely strong — but trusted. Now, that trust is imperiled. On January 3, 2026, at 3:29 AM Caracas time, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in his bedroom at Fort Tiuna military base. By 4:15 AM, he was aboard a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. Within hours, he was transferred to federal detention in Miami. The operation lasted 148 minutes. Absolute Resolve: Venezuela, Presidential Capture, and the Unraveling of International Order is the first comprehensive analytical account of Operation Absolute Resolve — the most consequential act of American unilateral power since the invasion of Iraq. Written by strategic analyst, editorial architect, and international consultant Olabode Opeseitan, this landmark work examines the raid not simply as a military event, but as a complex intersection of technology, psychology, institutional dynamics, international law, and geopolitical power. Spanning twelve chapters, one epilogue, and a comprehensive conclusion, the book draws on military doctrine, international law, intelligence analysis, behavioral economics, and moral philosophy. Every substantive claim is footnoted. Every inference is labeled. Every question left open is acknowledged. What this book reveals: how satellite intelligence, human intelligence, cyber warfare, and multi-domain kinetic force fused into a single 148-minute operational template that has permanently changed the grammar of war; why Fort Tiuna's 5,000 troops mounted no coordinated defense and what that silence reveals about the psychology of authoritarian collapse; how the Trump administration's legal framing bypassed the War Powers Resolution; and what Russia, China, Iran, and America's own allies absorbed from the Caracas template. This is Volume I of a multi-volume series. For readers of Lawrence Wright, Bob Woodward, and Fareed Zakaria.