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The American way of war : guided missiles, misguided men, and a republic in peril / Eugene Jarecki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarecki, Eugene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.
- Political and social views.
- Militarism.
- History.
- United States--History, Military.
- United States.
- History, Military.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.
- International relations.
- Philosophy.
- National characteristics, American.
- Militarism--United States--History.
- Executive power--United States--History.
- Executive power.
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Political and social views.
- Bush, George W.
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Interviews--United States.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 324 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- In the sobering aftermath of America's invasion of Iraq, documentarian Jarecki launches a penetrating inquiry into how forces within the American political, economic, and military systems have come to undermine the carefully crafted structure of our republic--upsetting its balance of powers, vastly strengthening the hand of the president in taking the nation to war, and imperiling the workings of American democracy. Surveying a scorched landscape of America's military adventures and misadventures, Jarecki's account includes interviews with leading figures in the Bush administration, Congress, the military, academia, and the defense industry. Their insights expose the deepest roots of American war making. As Jarecki powerfully argues, only concerted action by the American people can, and must, compel the nation back on course.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Mission creep
- The tip of the spear
- The arsenal of democracy
- Fear in the night
- Big white men
- John Boyd, Donald Rumsfeld, and the meaning of transformation
- The missing "C" : an insider's guide to the complex
- Shock and awe at home
- Conclusion: If I ran the zoo.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-303) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781416544562
- 1416544569
- OCLC:
- 166373194
- Online:
- Publisher description
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