{"product_id":"the-united-states-of-war-by-david-vine-9780520385689","title":"The United States of War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today’s costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence in everyday American life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe United States of War,\u003c\/em\u003e David Vine traces this pattern of bloody conflict from Columbus’s 1494 arrival in Guantanamo Bay through the 250-year expansion of a global US empire. Drawing on historical and firsthand anthropological research in fourteen countries and territories, \u003cem\u003eThe United States of War\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how US leaders across generations have locked the United States in a self-perpetuating system of permanent war by constructing the world’s largest-ever collection of foreign military bases—a global matrix that has made offensive interventionist wars more likely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond exposing the profit-making desires, political interests, racism, and toxic masculinity underlying the country’s relationship to war and empire, \u003cem\u003eThe United States of War\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the long history of U.S. military expansion shapes our daily lives, from today’s multi-trillion–dollar wars to the pervasiveness of violence and militarism in everyday U.S. life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes by confronting the catastrophic toll of American wars—which have left millions dead, wounded, and displaced—while offering proposals for how we can end the fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000822612204,"sku":"9780520385689","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7077223482373.jpg?v=1763307497","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-united-states-of-war-by-david-vine-9780520385689","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}