How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Release on 2016-08-09 | by Rosa Brooks

By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration of history, anthropology, and law, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is an “illuminating” (The New York Times), “eloquent” (The Boston ...

Author: Rosa Brooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781476777887
Category: Political Science
Page: 448
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How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

“A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity and...wit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. You name it, the military does it. In this “ambitious and astute” (The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks “provides a masterful analysis” (San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and married to an Army Green Beret. By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration of history, anthropology, and law, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is an “illuminating” (The New York Times), “eloquent” (The Boston Globe), “courageous” (US News & World Report), and “essential” (The Dallas Morning News) examination of the role of the military today. Above all, it is a rallying cry, for Brooks issues an urgent warning: When the boundaries around war disappear, we undermine both America’s founding values and the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos.

Language: en
Pages: 448

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Authors: Rosa Brooks

Categories: Political Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-09 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Language: en
Pages: 526

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Authors: Claus Kreß, Robert Lawless

Categories: Law

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

"Necessity and proportionality occupy a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states. Perhaps most importantly for practical purposes, the exercise of the right of self-defense, as recognized in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, is subject to the requirements of necessity and proportionality,

Language: en
Pages: 288

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Authors: Joshua O. Reno

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-04 - Publisher: University of California Press

World War III has yet to happen, and yet material evidence of this conflict is strewn everywhere: resting at the bottom of the ocean, rusting in deserts, and floating in near-Earth orbit. In Military Waste, Joshua O. Reno offers a unique analysis of the costs of American war preparation through

Language: en
Pages: 272

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Authors: Mira Rapp-Hooper

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:

During the Cold War, the United States shook off its traditional aversion to alliances and built the most impressive peacetime treaty structure in history. Yet today politicians argue that the country is so secure it gains nothing paying the cost of mutual defense. In doing so, they threaten a key

Language: en
Pages: 280

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Authors: Peter Loge

Categories: Communication in politics

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-17 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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