Screen LibraryWashington rules：America's path to permanent war
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| Published: |
Metropolitan Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The American empire project |
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| Carrier Form: | 286 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780805091410 (alk. paper) 0805091416 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | E712 |
| CLC: |
E712.0 D871.22 |
| Call Number: | D871.22/B117 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-269) and index. Introduction: Slow learner -- The advent of semiwar -- Illusions of flexibility and control -- The credo restored -- Reconstituting the trinity -- Counterfeit COIN -- Cultivating our own garden. For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American security requires the United States (and us alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence aro |