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The Spoils of War - Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R360
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The Spoils of War - Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Paperback, New edition): Andrew Cockburn

The Spoils of War - Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Paperback, New edition)

Andrew Cockburn

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Fully updated from the original edition. As the retreat from Kabul shows, America goes to war not to bring democracy, or glory, but in the pursuit of profit. In The Spoils of War, leading Washington reporter, Andrew Cockburn, reveals the extent of the rot that stretches from the Pentagon and the White House, to Wall St and Silicon Valley. The American war machine can only be understood in terms of the "private passions" and "interests" of those who control it - principally a passionate interest in money. Thus, as he witheringly reports, Washington expanded NATO to satisfy an arms manufacturer's urgent financial requirements; the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet deployments were for years dictated by a corrupt contractor who bribed high-ranking officers with cash and prostitutes; senior marine commanders agreed to a troop surge in Afghanistan in 2017 "because it will do us good at budget time." Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.

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Imprint: Verso Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2023
Authors: Andrew Cockburn
Dimensions: 198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-83976-368-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900 > Reportage & collected journalism
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LSN: 1-83976-368-X
Barcode: 9781839763687

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