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001 2012000998
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008 120120s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780307460981 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aUA23$b.M17 2012
082 00 $a306.2/70973$223
100 1 $aMaddow, Rachel.
245 10 $aDrift :$bthe unmooring of American military power /$cRachel Maddow.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown,$cc2012.
300 $a275 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: Is it too late to descope this? -- G.I. Joe, Ho Chi Minh, and the American art of fighting about fighting -- A nation at peace everywhere in the world -- Let 'er fly -- Isle of spice -- Stupid regulations -- Mylanta, 'tis of thee -- Doing more with less (hassle) -- "One hell of a killing machine" -- An $8 trillion fungus among us -- Epilogue: You build it, you own it.
520 $aMaddow shows how deeply militarized our culture has become--how the role of the national security sector has shape-shifted and grown over the past century to the point of being financially unsustainable and confused in mission.
650 0 $aNational security$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xAppropriations and expenditures.
650 0 $aMilitarism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-