How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

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The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs a violent but brief interlude between times of peace 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 Today, military personnel don t just kill people and break stuff Instead, they 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.Rosa Brooks traces 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 a human rights activist married to an Army Green Beret Her experiences lead her to an urgent warning When the boundaries around war disappear, we risk destroying America s founding values and the laws and institutions we ve built and undermining the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos If Russia and China have recently grown bolder in their foreign adventures, it s no accident US precedents have paved the way for the increasingly unconstrained use of military power by states around the globe Meanwhile, we continue to pile new tasks onto the military, making it increasingly ill prepared for the threats America will face in the years to come.By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration into history, anthropology and law, and a rallying cry, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything transforms the familiar into the alien, showing us that the culture we inhabit is reshaping us in ways we may suspect, but don t really understand It s the kind of book that will leave you moved, astonished, and profoundly disturbed, for the world around us is quietly changing beyond recognition and time is running out to make things right. Free Download [ How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything ] Author [ Rosa Brooks ] – kino-fada.fr I found Rosa Brooks via David Rothkopf s Deep State Podcast As a neophyte to foreign policy, listening to the podcast has been a learning experience I downloaded the book from Audible as I thought it might be easier to digest it by listening and it was, at least for me it was.Rosa Brooks is the daughter of Barbara Ehrenreich, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and, a ...Rosa Brooks traces 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 a human rights activist married to an Army Green Beret Her experiences lead her to an urgent warning When the boundaries around war disappear, we risk destroying America s founding values and the laws and institutions we ve built and undermining the international rules and organizations that keep our world f Rosa Brooks traces this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective that of a former top Pentagon official who i...This is an excellent book Even as a staunch Clausewitzian myself, I found I had very little heart burn with Ms Brooks characterization of war In fact, I d argue that it is essential that Clausewitzians should consider and wrestle with other forms of the characterization of war even if the Prussian philosopher s is probably still the best accounting for the empirical data of war.The only major critique of Brooks book is that while there is a bit of an explanation of how everything became w This is an excellent book Even as a staunch Clausewitzian mys...A useful summary of various trends relating to the law and the role ofstable countries particularly the US in engaging in conflicts around the world For anyone who s been following these things closely, there probably isn t too much of the middle descriptive chapters to reward the price of the book rather, download the kindle sample and get a sense of the overall argument that way For a general audience reader, this offers an extremely readable way into the legal, moral and practical A useful summary of various trends relating to the law and the role ofstable countries particularly the US in engaging in conflicts around the world For anyone who s been following these things closely, there probably isn t too much of the middle descriptive chapters to reward the price of the book rather, download the kindle sample and get a sense of the overall argument that way For a general audience reader, this offers an extremely readable way into the legal, moral and practical quandaries that characterises twenty first century life.Some of the solutions offered in the book s final section fell too short as a mix of inspirational get to it and huge unlikely pronouncements like the following we will need to thoroughly overhaul existing international governance structures, and pour both money and diplomatic energy into persuading other powerful states to join us That said, this was an intelligently written book with some interesting details here and there from the author s time working f...War made the state and the state made war is a common explanation of the formation of modern societies But this quote doesn t belong solely to history War is continuing to remake modern states in new ways When combined with rapid technological change and globalization, war is transforming the United States in particular into a country that is constantly in a kind of war but lacks the legal and social categories that can regulate its own behavior As such, war is seeping into every aspect War made the state and the state made war is a common explanation of the formation of modern societies But this quote doesn t belong solely to history War is continuing to remake modern states in new ways When combined with rapid technological change and globalization, war is transforming the United States in particular into a country that is constantly in a kind of war but lacks the legal and social categories that can regulate its own behavior As such, war is seeping into every aspect of life, while the military, well funded and well regarded, is slowly becoming the only real institution left gobbling up all others in society We are still using legal categories from a period of standing armies, but the reality of war today is quite different It is something of a ...This book made me consider points of view that I had not considered before The perspective of a civilian who has worked both for civilian agencies and the Department of Defense brings a unique view Some of which she writes is not new, such as th...As a development economist it was insightful to read this book to have a clear understanding of why I keep coming across problems with the military stepping on NGOs and non profit toes I don t like it but I understand a bitwhat is happening Moreover I felt that the discussion of the drone program was insightful and made me think a bitabout the reasoning behind it as I find the drones seem to detract from the horrors of war that we are supposed to feel so as not to keep repeating it As a development economist it was insightful to read this book to have a clear understanding of why I keep coming across problems with the military stepping on NGOs and non profit toes I don t like it but I understand a bitwhat is happening Moreover I felt that the discussion of the drone program was insightful and made me think a bitabout the reasoning behind it as I find the drones seem to detract from the horrors of war that we are supposed to feel so as not to keep repeating it endlessly However when it comes to a discussion of how to change things she poin...An interesting read about how the Military has gradually become responsible forandresponsibilities once tasked to Civilian agencies What I assumed would be a critique of that the author instead takes an interesting turn and suggests that heck why fight the trend, let the Military keep growing and taking over other agencies until that day when the Military basically does everything and is the Executive arm of the Executive Branch While her thesis makes sense she did also state the An interesting read about how the Military has gradually become responsible forandresponsibilities once tasked to Civilian agencies What I assumed would be a critique of that the author instead takes an interesting turn and suggests ...A model non fiction blockbuster well written, comprehensive, but with a clear argument As the US government defunds almost everything other than the military, the military is required to take on jobs that it is poorly prepared to do And as open ended wars on drugs, terror, black people etc etc proliferate, there seems to be nothing and nobody immune from the military s attention Well worth reading this back to back with Fred Jameson s essay on the army as offering a possible site of polit A model non fiction blockbuster well written, comprehensive, but with a clear argument As the US government defunds almost everything other than the military, the military is required to take on jobs that it is poorly prepared to do And as open ended wars on drugs, terror, black people etc etc proliferate, there seems to be nothing and nobody immune from the military s attention Well worth reading this back to back with ...This is a pretty entertaining read for a wonky book about war and law Rosa Brooks is an engaging writer and for me, at least an ideal candidate to navigate the corridors of the Pentagon and explainor less how we got into...

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
  • English
  • 07 September 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 448 pages
  • 1476777861
  • Rosa Brooks
  • How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything