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Spoils of War
Power, Profit and the American War Machine
Buch von Andrew Cockburn
Sprache: Englisch

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In the last decades, America has gone to war as supposed defenders of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the west from the dangers of Islamists. US Solders are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to act as the righteous arbiters of the rule of law. In What America Really Wants? Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the intentions behind Washington's martial appetites.The American war machine can only be understood in terms of the "private passions" and "interests" of those who control it - principally a passionate interest in money. Thus, as he witheringly reports, Washington expanded NATO to satisfy an arms manufacturer's urgent financial requirements; the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet deployments were for years dictated by a corrupt contractor who bribed high-ranking officers with cash and prostitutes; senior marine commanders agreed to a troop surge in Afghanistan in 2017 "because it will do us good at budget time."Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.
In the last decades, America has gone to war as supposed defenders of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the west from the dangers of Islamists. US Solders are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to act as the righteous arbiters of the rule of law. In What America Really Wants? Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the intentions behind Washington's martial appetites.The American war machine can only be understood in terms of the "private passions" and "interests" of those who control it - principally a passionate interest in money. Thus, as he witheringly reports, Washington expanded NATO to satisfy an arms manufacturer's urgent financial requirements; the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet deployments were for years dictated by a corrupt contractor who bribed high-ranking officers with cash and prostitutes; senior marine commanders agreed to a troop surge in Afghanistan in 2017 "because it will do us good at budget time."Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781839763656
ISBN-10: 1839763655
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Cockburn, Andrew
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Verso
Maße: 24 x 162 x 244 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Cockburn
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
preigu-id: 119658218
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781839763656
ISBN-10: 1839763655
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Cockburn, Andrew
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Verso
Maße: 24 x 162 x 244 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Cockburn
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
preigu-id: 119658218
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