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Drift the unmooring of American military power

Maddow, Rachel (Author).

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)
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    electronic resource
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, c2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: Is it too late to descope this? -- G.I. Joe, Ho Chi Minh, and the American art of fighting about fighting -- A nation at peace everywhere in the world -- Let 'er fly -- Isle of spice -- Stupid regulations -- Mylanta, 'tis of thee -- Doing more with less (hassle) -- "One hell of a killing machine" -- An $8 trillion fungus among us -- Epilogue: You build it, you own it.
Summary, etc.: 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.
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Description based on print version record.
Subject: National security United States
United States Military policy
United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures
Militarism United States
Political culture United States
United States Foreign relations 1989-
United States Politics and government 1989-
Genre: Electronic books.

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