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001 2008029242
003 DLC
005 20120322082806.0
008 080701s2008 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2008029242
020 $a9781416544562
020 $a1416544569
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn166373194
035 $a(OCoLC)166373194
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050 00 $aE181$b.J27 2008
082 00 $a973.931$222
100 1 $aJarecki, Eugene.
245 14 $aThe American way of war :$bguided missiles, misguided men, and a republic in peril /$cEugene Jarecki.
250 $a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2008.
300 $avii, 324 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index.
520 $aIn the sobering aftermath of America's invasion of Iraq, documentarian Jarecki launches a penetrating inquiry into how forces within the American political, economic, and military systems have come to undermine the carefully crafted structure of our republic--upsetting its balance of powers, vastly strengthening the hand of the president in taking the nation to war, and imperiling the workings of American democracy. Surveying a scorched landscape of America's military adventures and misadventures, Jarecki's account includes interviews with leading figures in the Bush administration, Congress, the military, academia, and the defense industry. Their insights expose the deepest roots of American war making. As Jarecki powerfully argues, only concerted action by the American people can, and must, compel the nation back on course.--From publisher description.
505 2 $aIntroduction: 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.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
650 0 $aMilitarism$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory.
600 10 $aBush, George W.$q(George Walker),$d1946-$xPolitical and social views.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCauses.
650 0 $aInterviews$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029242.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008029242-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008029242-s.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2008029242-b.html