"Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone
wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and
now, in "National Insecurity," he tells us what we must do to
change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not
only telling us how to save wasted billions--he is also telling us
how to save ourselves." -- Seymour M. Hersh, "The New Yorker"
Upon leaving the White House in 1961, President Eisenhower
famously warned Americans about the dangers of a "military
industrial complex," and was clearly worried about the
destabilizing effects of a national economy based on outsized
investments in military spending. As more and more Americans fall
into poverty and the global economy spirals downward, the United
States is spending more on the military than ever before. What are
the consequences and what can be done?
Melvin A. Goodman, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIA, brings
peerless authority to his argument that US military spending is
indeed making Americans poorer and less secure while undermining
our political standing in the world. Drawing from his firsthand
experience with war planners and intelligence strategists, Goodman
offers an insider's critique of the US military economy from
President's Eisenhower's farewell warning to Barack Obama's
expansion of the military's power. He outlines a much needed vision
for how to alter our military policy, practices, and spending in
order to better position the United States globally and enhance
prosperity and security at home.
Melvin A. Goodman" is the Director of the National Security
Project at the Center for International Policy. A former professor
of international security at the National War College and an
intelligence adviser to strategic disarmament talks in the 1970s,
he is the author of several books, including the critically
acclaimed "The Failure of Intelligence."
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