The Spoils of War cat

The Spoils of War catIn the last decades, America has gone to war as supposed defenders of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the west from the dangers of Islamists. US Solders are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to act as the righteous arbiters of the rule of law. In The Spoils of War Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the intentions behind Washingtons martial appetites. The American war machine can only be understood in terms of the

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Looking closely at Congress

Rounding out the Walter Karp bundle are: Buried Alive: Essays on Our Endangered Republic

the secrets of Jackie Kennedy’s seafood and potato chip casserole

and the lessons of liberty

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Mark Twain

My Life in the Service features a facsimile of the diary McGovern kept from his first days of basic training to the end of the war

Another is a moving elegy on eating after cancer has taken that pleasure away