military policy

"Erik Edstrom grew up in suburban Massachusetts with an idealistic desire to make an impact, ultimately leading him to the gates of West Point. Five years later, he was deployed to Afghanistan as an infantry lieutenant. Throughout his military career, he confronted atrocities, buried his friends, wrestled with depression, and struggled with an understanding that the war he fought in, and the youth he traded to prepare for it, was in contribution to a bitter truth: The War on Terror is not just a tragedy, but a crime. The deeper tragedy is that our country lacks the courage and conviction to say so. Un-American is a hybrid of social commentary and memoir that exposes how blind support for war exacerbates the problems it's intended to resolve, devastates the people allegedly being helped, and diverts assets from far larger threats like climate change . . . a revolutionary act, offering a blueprint for redressing America's relationship with patriotism, the military, and military spending"--Provided by publisher.

"A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in United States history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"--Provided by publisher.

A critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy that exposes the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the context of two hundred years of American strategic doctrine.

"The . . . story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose . . . exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century"--Provided by publisher.

Contains essays in which historians examine the bombing of Japan by the United States in 1945, surveying the literature on the event, considering the deliberations that led to the decision to use the atomic bomb, and looking at how people in both countries have remembered Hiroshima since World War II.

Presents twenty-two debate-style essays on questions regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD), such as how likely a WMD attack is, how the U.S. can defend itself against one, and what policies the U.S. should adopt toward nuclear weapons.

Examines the rise of neoliberal militarism from the early 1970s to the present and its destructive impact on democratic practices, economic policies, notions of citizenship, race relations, and gender norms by focusing on how these changes affect the Chicana community and cultural production.

The first volume in a two-volume collection of essays that examines major controversies in military history from the Peloponnesian War to the Balfour Declaration of 1917.

World War II was a global conflict that split the majority of the worlds nations into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

Explores the covert side of the United States government's military affairs, presenting evidence that the scope and secrecy of America's black ops missions are wider and more dangerous than anyone in the American media either knows or is willing to tell. Explores covert operations that have gone wrong, with innocent and civilian casualties, and even instances where US citizens have been targeted for killing by their own government.