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Washington is burning : corruption and lies in the age of Trump / Andrew Cockburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--United States--History.
- Political corruption.
- Political culture--United States--History.
- Political culture.
- Public contracts--Corrupt practices--United States--History.
- Public contracts.
- Public-private sector cooperation--Corrupt practices--United States--History.
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- Avarice--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Avarice.
- Political corruption--History.
- Political culture--History.
- Public contracts--Corrupt practices.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Andrew Cockburn reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington -- a grotesque carnival of corruption. Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: revenge and plunder
- Washington is burning
- The enemies briefcase: secret powers and the presidency
- Party walls: who party leaders really work for
- Down the tube: television, turnout, and the election-industrial complex
- Secretary of nothing: John Kerry and the myth of foreign policy
- No Joe! Joe Biden's disastrous legislative legacy
- The offstage convention: democrats in Chicago, 2024
- The Pentagon's Silicon Valley problem: how big tech is losing the wars of the future
- "Defensive not aggressive": the Cuban missile crisis
- Why didn't you tell me?
- Big six v. little boy
- How the US military got rich from the Afghan war
- Narco-in-chief: Washington's longtime drug trafficking friend in Honduras
- The A-10 saved my ass
- The worst defense program of all
- The $850 billion chicken comes home to roost
- The failure of Russian sanctions
- Weed whackers: monsanto, glyphosate, and the war on invasive species
- Spent fuel: the risky resurgence of nuclear power
- Elder abuse: nursing homes, the coronavirus, and the bottom line
- Blood money: taxpayers pick up the tab for police brutality
- The Hindutva lobby: how Hindu nationalism spreads in america
- Playing dead
- Afterword: the big lies.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- Washington is burning
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781836741770
- 1836741774
- OCLC:
- 1542850477
- Publisher Number:
- 90104535340
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