How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147677787X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Read this book if you want to see America survive as a democracy!" according to Don Bay. This book should be mandatory reading for every American who cares about the direction the country is moving. It should be read by everybody in government and the military. It will scare the socks off of you, but at the same time it is a prescription for how to avoid having the military take over America whether intentionally or as a result of mission creep.The author, Rosa Brooks, knows whereof she speaks. Originally from an anti-war background, she is a lawyer teaching at Georgetown law school who has worked in high-level positions in the State Department, in the Pentagon and has personally visited Afghanistan, Iraq, and many other hot . "Fact filled reality check about prolonged WARS." according to Amazon Customer. Book is absolutely fascinating and informative. It is a reality check for all of USA who have lived thru these years of perpetual war. Brooks is so detailed and fact checked. Our soldiers are being used to fight for defense of country, rebuild nations destroyed by military and terrorist activities. They are in an untenable situation of having to use their own judgements as to whom is the combatant and who is not. Imagine, being the one firing the bullets that kill and maim children! Imagine being the ones who have to help clean up a drone hit hospital. PERPETUAL WAR has to be stopped. AM ppl are becoming so numbed to death of others, that. The globaiization of the military in every aspect of our lives, domestic politics and international affairs everywhere. Required reading if you have any sense of how rapidly globalization has fused so many countries into confrontation and the military mindset. The thoughtful thesis of the title and eloquent reasoning by the author offers a powerful case leading to the difficult conclusion that the faster we globalize this world, the more rapidly hopes of peace recede. For the moment we continue to avoid the end-all of nuclear confrontation and nuclear war, but the proliferation of wars and the power of the military as a political tool are at heart of Ms Brooks' reasoning. The book is not a difficult read thanks to the authors fluid style and sensible organ
“A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity andwit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. You name it, the military does it.In this “ambitious and astute” (The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks “provides a masterful analysis” (San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and married to an Army Green Beret. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our en
It is another complex, potentially dangerous, challenge that we must work to understand. Reading How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is like having a conversation with a smart, wry, and unsentimental friend who guides and pushes us toward a new set of answers.” (Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of New America and former president of the American Society of International Law)“How Everything Became War is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the continuing evolution of the modern military, and who is prepared to engage in serious thinking about the future of armed conflict.” (Dallas Morning News)"Brooks provides a masterful analysis of how global connectedness has created vast new res
Brooks has also served as a senior advisor at the US Department of State, a consultant for Human Rights Watch, and a weekly opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times. . Brooks lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband Joe, her daughters Anna and Clara, and a Brittany spaniel named Scout. Rosa Brooks is a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, a columnist for <