Drift : the unmooring of American military power /
Rachel Maddow.
- New York : Broadway Paperbacks, 2012.
- 275 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and index.
Is it too late to descope this? -- G.I. Joe, Ho Chi Minh, and the American art of fighting about fighting -- A nation at peace everywhere in the world -- Let 'er fly -- Isle of spice -- Stupid regulations -- Mylanta, 'tis of thee -- Doing more with less (hassle) -- "One hell of a killing machine" -- An $8 trillion fungus among us -- Epilogue: You build it, you own it.
"Argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war. To understand how we've arrived at such a dangerous place, Maddow takes us from the Vietnam War to today's war in Afghanistan, along the way exploring Reagan's radical presidency, the disturbing rise of executive authority, the gradual outsourcing of our war-making capabilities to private companies, the plummeting percentage of American families whose children fight our constant wars for us, and even the changing fortunes of G.I. Joe. Ultimately, she shows us just how much we stand to lose by allowing the scope of American military power to overpower our political discourse"
9780307460981 (hbk.) 0307460983 (hbk.)
National security--United States. Seguridad nacional--Estados Unidos Militarism--United States. Militarismo--Estados Unidos Political culture--United States. Cultura política --Estados Unidos
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