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Drift

The Unmooring of American Military Power

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 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. Amériques Liberté et sécurité Politique Politiques publiques Sciences politiques États-Unis Sécurité nationale Guerre Politique militaire Militaire Moyen-Orient Guerre du Vietnam Politique étrangère américaine Drôle Du contenu qui fait réfléchir Iran
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American war misadventures and its political backdrops of self aggrandizing white house administrations. Held hostage to world's largest war machine that is eroding the US, politically and economically.

History and analysis of American wars

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Book was great. The narrator was perfect, the small zinggers kept it light. ( even tho the topic is heavy)

A must read/listen!

Changes the way you look at the world!

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Everyone should read this informative book, it opens ons eyes to what really goes on behind the closed doors of government.

A must read

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Restless mind and spirit that always brings you to harbour although sometimes only by canoe. Appreciate the personal narration immensely. Bj Canuck

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Once again Rachel made informing people of a subject a learning experience. Good book!

I wish more books were like this.

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