Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: 1 star because i couldnt give it 0
Summary: 1 Stars
This was absolutely horrible. The information in this book is horribly biased and it is sadjunior colleges use it for a history class. I am a history major and almost every class i have taken contradicts everything in this book, and most of what i read is from primary sources. Number one, Europe needed our help in WW1 and WW2 so its a lame to even access that as anything but. The Mexican territory loss, as someone mentioned how do you think the SPaniards recieved that land...ummmm they took it. Also froma few US history courses, there were fewer than a thousand people even living in those areas. This book is pure propagnada with absolutely NO evidence to back it up. I have this for the author where are your primary sources, where is your evidence. Your citings are all from newpapers, and other drawings of the time.... leads me to believe that this would fail miserably at the University level if used for a paper on US warfare. Book Review: Endorse by Veterans For Peace
Summary: 5 Stars
This 77-page illustrated expose by Joel Andreas is political comics that allows us to see ourselves as our global neighbors see us - the Darth Vader of countries whose citizens are addicted to killing and dropping bombs. Andreas shows us what cruelty Uncle Sam's foreign policy promotes and how it is affecting Americans as well. The book contains an Introduction followed by 9 chapters titled "Manifest Destiny", "The 'Cold War'", "The 'New World Order'", "The 'War on Terrorism'", "The War Profiteers", "The High Price of Militarism", "Militarism and the Media", "Resisting Militarism", "Do Something About It", concluding with Reference Notes and Photo & Drawing Credits. This book chronicles over 2 centuries of U.S. foreign wars, beginning with the Yankee wars of invasion against the Native Americans.
Although the Bush Crime Family has been particulary bellicose, this country's permanent addiction to war was cemented when FDR allowed the Japs to hit us at Pearl Harbor, at the bequest of the British. We have been doing American-powered British empire ever since (see "Selling War" by Nicholas John Cull). The War on Freedom is being used as an excuse to set up a surveillance state in the former free world, thereby enabling the corporatists to wage "One World Order" where Chinese slaves do former American jobs for pennies or go to prison. How these slave-produced goods are permitted to be sold in the U.S. is mind-boggling! The corporatists hide their economic fascism behind the rhetoric of free enterprise, confusing many conservatives in the process (but some, like Bruce Bartlett and Congressman Ron Paul, R-Texas are on to the corporatists and their Mussolini ways). 9/11 was the New Pearl Harbor. They blew up the Twin Towers and blamed it on the Arabs. Who is Marvin Bush? www.addictedtowar.com .
Book Review: rattle the cage
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever wondered why the stereotypical flag-waving American is so obsessed with how great we are, we're the best and the bravest, American must and will prevail, all other nations are just jealous of the 'American way o' life', ya-da, ya-da, ya-da, ya-da . . . ? Remind you of your obnoxious alcoholic uncle?
After reading this book, it finally dawned on me: this is how a guilt-laden borderline schizophrenic acts. When you can't face the truth about your history, what do you do? Make up a story that allows you to sleep at night . . . . or (metaphorically) sleep more comfortably during the day . . . just make sure everything will remain business as usual . . . never mind those tiny hairline cracks in the great facade . . .
This book does not go into detail, it skates over whole epochs in our history; but critics who complain about this miss the salient point which even Ike warned us about back in the '50s: that the military-industrial complex is taking over and we, through our vast ignorance, are allowing it to happen.
Curl up with a riveting comic book that you can read in one night; do the follow-up research on Wikipedia for god's sake. Prepare to be disturbed. This book should be bought up in case lots and smuggled into every school library.
The Federal Government sure as heck won't pay for it.
Book Review: Neutral Opinion
Summary: 4 Stars
The truth about this book is that it is a very generalized without going into details, nothing in this book is truly wrong but rather exaggerated or not explained properly. This book is more of a jump-start to knowing what corruption is going on in the U.S. If you are already knowledgable about these things it's really not a book for you. I recommend it mostly to students under the age of 18 who find it too dificult to engage themselves in those thick, confusingly-worded political books. Bottom line is, it gives the basic information about the U.S. society and its militarism, but not the inside details. Overall an O.K. book. It's not going to spark a revolution but at least make people aware of what the hell is going on in this world.Book Review: "A lovely piece of real estate."
Summary: 5 Stars
In just over 60 pages, author Joel Andreas presents a concise, coherent argument that America is "Addicted to War." The book is in comic format and traces America's military actions throughout the world. The author covers history beginning with the idea of Manifest Destiny through the present conflict in Iraq--the so-called 'War on Terrorism.' There were several events in the book that I had never heard of, and quite frankly I questioned the accuracy of some of the quotes. References at the end of the book, however, corroborate the author's depictions and quotes. The information is astounding. I did know about America's ties with Saddam Hussein and the fact that he'd been supplied with chemical weapons by the U.S. in the 80s. But some of the statistics included are horrifying, and I was unaware that Iraqi soldiers in trenches were buried alive at the end of the first Iraqi war by U.S. tanks and bulldozers. "Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism" is an alternate history book that packs an incredible punch. If you're receptive to the message of this engaging and thoughtful book, it will open your eyes to certain awful realities, and if you doubt any of the information, then satisfy your curiosity with a search for the truth. You'll be stunned at what you discover--displacedhuman.