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DRIFT: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow FORMER LIBRARY
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780307460981
- Book Title
- Drift : the Unmooring of American Military Power
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Political Science, History
- Topic
- Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / General, Military / United States, General, International Relations / General, United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Security (National & International), Political Freedom, American Government / National
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307460983
ISBN-13
9780307460981
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143631574
Product Key Features
Book Title
Drift : the Unmooring of American Military Power
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / General, Military / United States, General, International Relations / General, United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Security (National & International), Political Freedom, American Government / National
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-000998
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.2/70973
Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America's dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war. "One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its bloated Department of Homeland Security; its rusting nuclear weapons, ill-maintained and difficult to dismantle; and its strange fascination with an unproven counterinsurgency doctrine. Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial and human costs that entails. 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 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. She offers up a fresh, unsparing appraisal of Reagan's radical presidency. Ultimately, she shows us just how much we stand to lose by allowing the priorities of the national security state to overpower our political discourse. Sensible yet provocative, dead serious yet seriously funny, Drift will reinvigorate a "loud and jangly" political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power--and who gets to make those decisions., There's a war going on, argues Maddow: a battle between the priorities of civilian life and of the war machine, and right now the national security sector is winning--leaving the United States "less" strong and secure. In "Drift," Maddow shows how deeply militarized our culture has become--how the role of the national security sector has shape-shifted and grown over the past century to the point of being financially unsustainable and confused in mission.
LC Classification Number
UA23.M17 2012
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Written by an Exceptional MSNBC News Anchor
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The gradual "Drift" of the military's objective and how it is pursued.
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A Compelling Story told by one of America's Top Journalists!
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- Dec 04, 2019
Real history for those who are actually paying attention
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- Dec 18, 2023
Rachel is great!
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