02509cam a2200373 4500 1163565627 TxAuBib 20090720120000.0 080701s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008029242 9781416544562 1416544569 TxAuBib Jarecki, Eugene. The American way of war : guided missiles, misguided men, and a republic in peril / Eugene Jarecki. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2008. vii, 324 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index. Introduction: Mission creep -- The tip of the spear -- The arsenal of democracy -- Fear in the night -- Big white men -- John Boyd, Donald Rumsfeld, and the meaning of transformation -- The missing "C" : an insider's guide to the complex -- Shock and awe at home -- Conclusion: If I ran the zoo. In the sobering aftermath of America's invasion of Iraq, documentarian Jarecki launches a penetrating inquiry into how forces within the American political, economic, and military systems have come to undermine the carefully crafted structure of our republic--upsetting its balance of powers, vastly strengthening the hand of the president in taking the nation to war, and imperiling the workings of American democracy. Surveying a scorched landscape of America's military adventures and misadventures, Jarecki's account includes interviews with leading figures in the Bush administration, Congress, the military, academia, and the defense industry. Their insights expose the deepest roots of American war making. As Jarecki powerfully argues, only concerted action by the American people can, and must, compel the nation back on course.--From publisher description. 20090720. Bush, George W George Walker 1946- Political and social views. National characteristics, American. Militarism United States History. Executive power United States History. Iraq War, 2003 Causes. Interviews United States. United States History, Military. United States Military policy. United States Foreign relations Philosophy. United States Foreign relations 2001- TXKIP