TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maddow,Rachel
TI  - Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power 
SN  - 9780307460981
AV  - UA23 .M17 2012
U1  - 306.2/70973 23
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown
KW  - National security
KW  - United States
KW  - Militarism
KW  - Political culture
KW  - sears
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Armed forces
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue: Is It Too Late to Descope This? -- G.I. Joe, Ho Chi Minh, and the American Art of Fighting About Fighting -- A Nation at Peace Everywhere in the World -- Let 'Er Fly -- Isle of Spice -- Stupid Regulations -- Mylanta, 'Tis of Thee -- Doing More with Less (Hassle) -- "One Hell of a Killing Machine" -- An $8 Trillion Fungus Among Us -- Epilogue: You Build It, You Own It
N2  - Explains how the focus on national security is actually compromising national stability, tracing the historical events and contributing factors that have promoted a deeply militarized American culture
ER  -