The Modern Us War Machine

Author : Ray Bonds
Publisher : Crown Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780517560976
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern U.S. War Machine written by Ray Bonds and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly revised and fully updated, this is the essential book for anyone wanting to know how the armed forces of the U.S. are organized and deployed after the recent Reagan build-up. Over 500 illustrations in full color and black-and-white.

Author : Daniel Pick
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300067194
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Machine written by Daniel Pick and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing study examines Western perceptions of war in and beyond the nineteenth century, surveying the writings of novelists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, philosophers, poets, natural scientists, and journalists to trace the terms of modern thought on the nature of military conflict. Daniel Pick brings together philosophical and historical models of war with fictions of invasion, propaganda from the Great War, interpretations of shellshock and speculations about the biological value of conquest. He discusses the work of such familiar commentators as Clausewitz, Engels, and Treitschke, and examines little-known writings by Proudhon, De Quincey, Ruskin, Valery, and many others, culminating in the extraordinary dialogue between Freud and Einstein, Why War? He analyses Victorian fears of French contamination through the Channel Tunnel as well as the widespread continuing dread of German domination. And he charts the history of the pervasive European belief that war is beneficial or at least functionally necessary. A central theme of the book is the disturbing relationship between machinery and destruction. Visions of relentless technological 'progress' and the inexorable advance of the military-industrial complex often seem to distort our understanding of war, even to reduce it to a sophisticated game played out by high-precision automata. Pick explores both the reassuring and troubling aspects of such representations. Shorn of human agency or responsibility, war apparently threatens to become technologically unstoppable, the remorseless 'perfect abattoir' of the industrial age. War Machine explores the enduring historical fascination with - and recoil from -brutal mechanical slaughter, and the modern aquiescence in, and enthusiasm for (in Rilke's phrase), 'these days of monstrously accelerated dying'.

Author : Ray Bonds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780861012671
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern US War Machine written by Ray Bonds and published by . This book was released on 1987-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om USA's væbnede styrker, deres organisation, opgaver og udrustning. Mange organisationsskemaer.

Author : Andrew Cockburn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839763655
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spoils of War written by Andrew Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the United States go to war?—a leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs searches for answers. A withering exposé of runaway military spending and the private economic interests funding the U.S. war machine—for fans of Rachel Maddow and Democracy Now! America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the West from the dangers of Islamists. The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the world are meant to be the righteous arbiters of justice. Against this background, Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the true 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 Cockburn witheringly reports, Washington expanded NATO to satisfy an arms manufacturer’s urgent financial requirements; the US 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 for budgetary reasons. Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: as profoundly squalid as it is terrifyingly deadly.

Author : Ray Bonds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780861010165
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The US War Machine written by Ray Bonds and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver de væbnede styrker, bevæbningen og strategien i USA i slutningen af Den kolde Krigs periode

Author : David Edgerton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199911509
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's War Machine written by David Edgerton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces. It had not only a great empire, but allies large and small. Edgerton shows that Britain fought on many fronts and its many home fronts kept it exceptionally well supplied with weapons, food and oil, allowing it to mobilize to an extraordinary extent. It created and deployed a vast empire of machines, from the humble tramp steamer to the battleship, from the rifle to the tank, made in colossal factories the world over. Scientists and engineers invented new weapons, encouraged by a government and prime minister enthusiastic about the latest technologies. The British, indeed Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by repeated defeat at the hands of less well-equipped enemies. Yet the end result was a vindication of this vision. Like the United States, a powerful Britain won a cheap victory, while others paid a great price. Putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global rather than merely imperial story, Britain's War Machine demolishes timeworn myths about wartime Britain and gives us a groundbreaking and often unsettling picture of a great power in action.

Author : Jonathan Ornstein
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American War Machine written by Jonathan Ornstein and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE AMERICAN WAR MACHINE: HISTORY OF WARS PARTICIPATED BY THE AMERICAN MILITARY IN THE MODERN ERA, by JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN Dive into the heart of power, strategy, and sacrifice with "The American War Machine" A gripping History of Modern Military Engagements by the US Military. From the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, World War I and II, to the sands of Iraq and beyond, this meticulously researched narrative unveils the relentless march of America's military might through the tumultuous terrain of independence to the modern era. With unparalleled access to classified documents the authors [Jonathan Goldstein and Jonathan Ornstein] delivers a riveting exploration of the pivotal moments, strategic decisions, and the events that have shaped the global landscape. Brace yourself for an electrifying journey through the corridors of America's Military power, where the fate of nations hangs in the balance and the echoes of conflict reverberate through history. Prepare to be captivated, informed, and forever changed by "The American War Machine.

Author : James McCartney
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250069777
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's War Machine written by James McCartney and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning Washington reporter James McCartney and his wife and co-writer Molly Sinclair McCartney reveal how reckless military spending has made the U.S. into a perpetual war machine

Author : Kristin Bailey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442468068
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadow of the War Machine written by Kristin Bailey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Meg has searched the globe for answers about why her parents were killed; where her grandfather disappeared to; and above all the identity of the man with the clockwork mask behind all of this treachery. At last, she has clues that will lead her to the shocking truth"--

Author : Andrew Cockburn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839763671
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spoils of War written by Andrew Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the United States go to war?—a leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs searches for answers. A withering exposé of runaway military spending and the private economic interests funding the U.S. war machine—for fans of Rachel Maddow and Democracy Now! America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the West from the dangers of Islamists. The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the world are meant to be the righteous arbiters of justice. Against this background, Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the true 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 Cockburn witheringly reports, Washington expanded NATO to satisfy an arms manufacturer’s urgent financial requirements; the US 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 for budgetary reasons. Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: as profoundly squalid as it is terrifyingly deadly.