national defense

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  5/4/2023
  

  Not Your Grandfather's Military-Industrial Complex

  by Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung

  Eisenhower warned of the power of the military and industry to shape America's priorities and warp society in their own interests. He had no idea of how bad it could get. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  12/15/2022
  

  Peace is Not Our Profession

  by William J. Astore

  The unveiling of the newest stealth bomber underscores the fundamental insanity and cruel wastefulness of the policy of peace through nuclear deterrence, argues a historian and retired USAF lieutenant colonel. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/17/2020
  

  History Exposes the Problem with Biden’s Defense Secretary Nominee

  by Grant Golub

  World War II demonstrated the need for strong civilian control over a military divided between multiple armed service branches, both to guide strategy and to ensure the ultimate authority of the President over the military. The nomination of a recently-retired Army general for Secretary of Defense departs from that tradition. 

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• SOURCE: War on the Rocks
  12/1/2020
  

  2020 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List

  The staff of War on the Rocks offer suggestions for reading – on defense issues and otherwise. 

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• 4/24/2020
  

  The World’s Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Perhaps it’s time for the citizens of the “great powers” to ask themselves if they are truly benefiting from the much-vaunted military and economic strength of their nations.

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• 3/15/2020
  

  The Cost of Loyalty: A Crisis of Ethics in the Military

  by Timothy Bakken

  Military leadership has inculcated a self-serving culture of loyalty that prevents a long-overdue reckoning with its failures.