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- How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything : Tales from the Pentagon
- Publication Name
- How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
- Title
- How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
- Subtitle
- Tales from the Pentagon
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 147677787X
- EAN
- 9781476777870
- ISBN
- 9781476777870
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Law, History, Philosophy, Political Science
- Topic
- Public Policy / Military Policy, Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Military / General, Military / United States, International Relations / General, Security (National & International), Military
- Release Date
- 24/08/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 14.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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"A dynamic work of reportage" ( The New York Times ) written "with clarity and...wit" ( 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, America'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 "ambitious and astute" ( The Washington Post ) work, Rosa Brooks "provides a masterful analysis" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective--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 "illuminating" ( The New York Times ), "eloquent" ( The Boston Globe ), "courageous" ( US News & World Report ), and "essential" ( 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 America's founding values and the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
147677787x
ISBN-13
9781476777870
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038567871
Product Key Features
Book Title
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything : Tales from the Pentagon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Military / General, Military / United States, International Relations / General, Security (National & International), Military
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ua23.B7837 2016
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Written with a casual but razor sharp wit, Brooks'... narrative is fascinating and piercing. She draws the reader into a world that one quickly beings to understand is a quagmire of complexity few, even within the highest offices of the land, fully appreciate., Rosa Brooks asks us to confront hard but essential questions about war, peace, liberty, morality, and the rule of law. As challenging as these issues are, she has a gift for wrapping them in gripping stories and delightfully witty prose. Reading How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is like having a conversation with a smart, wry, and unsentimental friend who guides and pushes us toward a new set of answers., "A dynamic work of reportage, punctuated by savory details... It delights. The author is a chipper field guild and canny ethnographer, writing with refreshing honesty about the folk ways of the Department of Defense, which often confound outsiders... Illuminating." , One of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. It's as if we have been sleep walking into this new world and Rosa has turned on a flashlight to show what we are doing and where we are going., A trenchant, timely new book.... Approaching her sprawling subject in a rambling voice that mixes politics, human rights, history, literature, travel to desolate lands and some of her own story, Brooks produces an ambitious, courageous tome that helps both sides of the wide civilian-military divide., Every once in a while, a book comes along that should be read by everyone who teaches, practices, or thinks about national security. This is one of those books...., How Everything Became War is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the continuing evolution of the modern military, and who is prepared to engage in serious thinking about the future of armed conflict., An important and insightful book.... Brooks is a clear and entertaining writer.... Her sense of humor is quite acute., Brooks's detailed, illustrative prose makes the reader feel as though she is inside 'the world's largest office building,' giving a sense of the enormity and vastness as well as the weight of what has become an overwhelming bureaucracy. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in national security policy, strategy, or how America wages war in the 21st-century., By turns unsettling and brilliantly insightful, Brooks' work is a must-read for everyone concerned about national security and troubled by the U.S. military's steadily expanding budget at the expense of social programs., The question of where the lines are between war and peace, between the military and the civilian world in 21st-century conflicts that never seem to end, is among the most vexing and important in American politics today. In How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything , Rosa Brooks deftly tackles these issues, weaving together rich analysis with personal anecdotes and stories that pull you in. It's a book that won't just inform you, but make you think., Rosa Brooks has written the best book yet on the 'space between'--that messy blend of war and not-war that characterizes so much of our world. As equal parts legal scholar, policy practitioner, and engaged citizen, she's the perfect guide for a tour of our national nobility... and absurdity., Brooks writes with clarity and epigrammatic wit.... In impressive and often fascinating detail, she documents that the boundaries between war and peace have grown so hazy as to undermine hard-won global gains in human rights and the rule of law., This book is an important addition to the professional body of literature on the evolution of warfare, providing readers with ideas on the future of warfare and the required institutions, legal frameworks, and strategies that need to be in place to maintain stability against an increasing number of threats to the post World War II order., A hugely significant, very thought-provoking examination of how and why America's armed forces have been pulled into myriad missions beyond the 'strictly military' tasks in which they traditionally engaged in past decades, written by a woman uniquely qualified for such an undertaking. How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything raises hugely important questions that should spark serious conversations in Washington and throughout the United States., Having read this engaging work, I find her wholly credible, delightfully readable and quite convincing. Confounded by the vexations of today's unwon conflict, she asks more questions than she answers. But that kind of deadly ambiguity is cooked into the vile, ill-defined nature of the sprawling mess we call war these days.... If you, too, wonder what happened since 9/11 and why, you will get a lot from this fine book from Brooks., "Brooks writes with clarity and epigrammatic wit.... In impressive and often fascinating detail, she documents that the boundaries between war and peace have grown so hazy as to undermine hard-won global gains in human rights and the rule of law." , For anyone troubled by our murky and perpetual wars, Rosa Brooks offers a deeply challenging and delightfully provocative answer to the question: What the hell is going on here, and what can we do about it?, In this clear-eyed account of her time at the Pentagon, Brooks, a human-rights lawyer by training, makes an eloquent case for just what is at risk., An important book that sets the scene for a much needed discussion and reappraisal of not just the concepts of war and peace, but rather its laws and operational practicalities., A dynamic work of reportage, punctuated by savory details... It delights. The author is a chipper field guild and canny ethnographer, writing with refreshing honesty about the folk ways of the Department of Defense, which often confound outsiders... Illuminating., Perceptive, inquisitive, sensitive and persuasive, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is troubling but rewarding. Combining memoir, journalism and history, it is an insightful analysis of where the United States and its military sit today, how they got there and where they might turn next for more balance and restraint., An important and insightful book.... Brooks is a clear and entertaining writer.... Her sense of humor is quite acute., Rosa Brooks is one of the most fluid, thoughtful and interesting writers in the field of national security and has lived a fascinating life as a Pentagon official, public intellectual, law professor and Army spouse. This life has informed her important and entertaining new book, an intriguing hybrid of memoir and policy analysis that is the best exposition of how it is that, a decade and a half after 9/11, we now live in a strange twilight world where the old boundaries between war and peace are being erased. There is no better guide to how and why this happened than Brooks., How Everything Became War is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the continuing evolution of the modern military, and who is prepared to engage in serious thinking about the future of armed conflict., In a post-9/11 world of persistent warfare... [Brooks] expertly guides readers through this confusing new terrain.... Whether she's invoking Wittgenstein's duck-rabbit image to illustrate the ambiguity of language and the importance of context, dissecting an excruciatingly difficult Hague Tribunal case assigning guilt to an obscure Croatian soldier, or drawing comparisons between a Putin-ordered assassination and an Obama-ordered drone strike, she never fails to stimulate and enlighten. Legal theorists and policymakers will approve the scholarship and close analysis; general readers will appreciate the sensitive storytelling, the wit, and the uncommon good sense., Brooks has written a book that is both personal and provocative - a must-read for anyone interested in the inner workings of the Pentagon and how we got to the point where the military has become everyone's favorite hammer., Lively, informed, and insightful.... Brooks discusses these emerging legal and practical problems with the clarity of an outsider given a seat at the insider's table., An important and compelling examination of the American war machine, reported from inside the Pentagon, the great beast itself. Outstanding., This book contains keen insights from a sharp lawyer who served in important policy positions at the Pentagon... Brooks' work is also important, in my view, to better understand how a serious-minded civilian thinks about the U.S. military., In a masterful argument, sometimes between her own contradictory feelings, Rosa Brooks shows how battle lines have been blurred. Soldiers work, and sometimes rule, in areas once the uncontested realm of civilians. It is another complex, potentially dangerous, challenge that we must work to understand. Start with this book., Brooks provides a masterful analysis of how global connectedness has created vast new responsibilities and vulnerabilities for the armed forces of the United States...., Written with a casual but razor sharp wit, Brooks'... narrative is fascinating and piercing. She draws the reader into a world that one quickly beings to understand is a quagmire of complexity few, even within the highest offices of the land, fully appreciate., A bracing, lucid, and entertaining--if often troubling--exploration of the irrevocable changes to war-making that have occurred this century.
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-005348
Dewey Decimal
355/.033573
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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