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House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power - James Carroll
House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
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In House of War, the best-selling author James Carroll has created a history of the Pentagon that is both epic and personal. Through Carroll we see how the Pentagon, since its founding, has operated beyond the control of any force in government or society, undermining the very national security... show more
In House of War, the best-selling author James Carroll has created a history of the Pentagon that is both epic and personal. Through Carroll we see how the Pentagon, since its founding, has operated beyond the control of any force in government or society, undermining the very national security it is sworn to protect.From its "birth" on September 11, 1941, through the nuclear buildup of the Cold War and the eventual "shock and awe" of Iraq, Carroll recounts how "the Building" and its officials have achieved what President Eisenhower called "a disastrous rise of misplaced power."This is not faded history. House of War offers a compelling account of the virtues and follies that led America to permanently, and tragically, define itself around war. Carroll shows how the consequences of the American response to September 11, 2001 -– including two wars and an ignited Middle East -– form one end of an arc that stretches from Donald Rumsfeld back to James Forrestal, the first man to occupy the office of secretary of defense in the Pentagon. House of War confronts this dark past so we may understand the current war and forestall the next.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780618872015 (0618872019)
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 688
Edition language: English
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Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it
5.0
World War II converted the United States into a culture addicted to war like a junkie addicted to heroin. Our first reaction to any international crisis is to send in the troops rather than sending the diplomats. The incomprehensible amount of money we spend on the military has become one of the b...
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it
4.0 House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
Using the Pentagon as a unifying focal point, this book explores the history of the cold war from a perspective that generally asserts that the world was darn lucky to have survived its paranoia-fueled excesses. This book flies in the face of the common perception that since we survived the cold wa...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it
IN progress: Carroll begins by discussing how decisions were made with regard to daylight versus night-time bombing and the ethics (or lack thereof) in bombing civilians, i.e. bombing for effect on morale etc. I had no idea of the strong influences that inter-service rivalry had on strategic and of...
willemite
willemite rated it
This is a BIG BOOK, covering most of American military history from World War II on, and a bit of earlier history as well. The general theme here is that American foreign policy is to an unacceptable degree determined by the Pentagon and its associated institutions, the Military-industrial-political...
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