How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything:

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon

â€œA dynamic work of reportageâ€ (The New York Times) written â€œwith clarity and...witâ€ (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, Americaâ€™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 â€œambitious and astuteâ€ (The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks â€œprovides a masterful analysisâ€ (San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspectiveâ€”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 â€œilluminatingâ€ (The New York Times), â€œeloquentâ€ (The Boston Globe), â€œcourageousâ€ (US News & World Report), and â€œessentialâ€ (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 Americaâ€™s founding values and the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476777870
ReleaseDate 2017-07-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476777870

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476777870
ReleaseDate	2017-07-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476777870

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon