TY - BOOK AU - Jarecki, Eugene. TI - The American way of war: guided missiles, misguided men, and a republic in peril SN - 9781416544562 AV - E 181 .J287 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Executive power KW - United States KW - Interviews KW - Iraq War, 2003- KW - Militarism KW - National characteristics, American N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -