Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent WarThe bestselling author of The Limits of Power critically examines the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change |
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... Pentagon” had ceased to be merely a gigantic five-sided building. Like “Wall Street” at the end of the nineteenth century, it had become Leviathan, its actions veiled in secrecy, its reach extending around the world. Yet while the ...
... because American purposes express the collective interests of humankind, Washington expects others to view U.S. military power, the Pentagon's global footprint, and an American penchant for intervention not as a matter 22 WASHINGTON RULES.
... Pentagon has negotiated to airfields and seaports around the world.7 • The Pentagon has divvied up the planet (and universe) into “unified commands,” each headed by a four-star general or admiral. Pacific Command, “committed to ...
... Pentagon's global posture generates far less interest than the latest doings of Hollywood celebrities. Call it habit or conditioning or socialization: The citizens of the United States have essentially forfeited any capacity to ask ...
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Contents
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2 Illusions of Flexibility and Control | 59 |
3 The Credo Restored | 109 |
4 Reconstituting the Trinity | 146 |
5 Counterfeit COIN | 182 |
6 Cultivating Our Own Garden | 222 |
Notes | 251 |
Acknowledgments | 271 |
Index | 273 |
About the Author | 287 |
The American Empire Project | 289 |