The American way of war : guided missiles, misguided men, and a republic in peril / Eugene Jarecki.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2008Description: vii, 324 p. 24 cmISBN:- 9781416544562
- E 181 .J287 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index.
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.
From the acclaimed creator of the award-winning documentary "Why We Fight" comes a deeply thought-provoking and revelatory examination of the deepest roots of American war-making and its troubling implications for the fate of American democracy. www.alibris.com
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