militarism

Traces the history of World War I, focusing on how and why it became one of the bloodiest wars in human history and exploring how anti-war protestors were treated both in America and abroad.

"The memoir of a young man from a long line of enlisted men and women, raised on military bases and shaped from a young age to idolize and glorify war and the people who fight it. After he joins the Marines and serves in Iraq, he must begin to reckon with the troubled and complicated truths of the American war machine"--Provided by publisher.

"Uses Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of the natural disaster as a point of departure for understanding enduring racial divides in asset ownership, academic achievement, educational attainment, and mass incarceration in New Orleans and beyond. ...Explores the many specific aspects of the widespread problem and considers how to move toward achieving a state where all can thrive"--Dust jacket.

This title sets the world scene in the years before the start of World War I. Readers will get a snapshot of the political and social climates of the five great European powers: Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. The feeling in Europe was that war was inevitable, and Germany was the first to make the move.

Argues that the American military's use of weapons to intentionally kill large numbers of civilians and terrorize adversaries into surrender has led to anti-Americanism around the world and that changes in America's attitudes towards civilian casualties in war must change in the future.

Traces the history of World War I, focusing on how and why it became one of the bloodiest wars in human history and exploring how anti-war protestors were treated both in America and abroad.

Describes the efforts of Philip II of Macedonia and his son, Alexander the Great, to unify the different parts of Greece and to establish a vast Greek empire.

Explores the underlying factors that have contributed to the United States shift from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage.