Washington Is Burning
£22.00
A DEVASTATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY FOLLY AND POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION BY THE WASHINGTON EDITOR OF HARPER’S MAGAZINE
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Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump’s Washington – a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system.
Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development.
The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.
| Weight | 0.4605 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23.4 × 15.3 × 2.23 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 304 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 320.973 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
