ISBN: 1859847560

Journalist Ken Silverstein delivers a broadside against the modern military-industrial complex in Private Warriors. In the post-cold-war world of rising defense budgets and arms prolifera… Mehr…

Journalist Ken Silverstein delivers a broadside against the modern military-industrial complex in Private Warriors. In the post-cold-war world of rising defense budgets and arms proliferation, Silverstein finds plenty to worry about: "Former Defense Department officials serve as consultants to the arms industry, helping lobby for needless Cold War-era weapons systems and promoting greater arms sales to foreign regimes. Retired generals form private corporations that train the armies of foreign nations and encourage U.S. entanglements abroad. Arms dealers linked to U.S. intelligence agencies still trot the globe hawking their wares, sometimes in support of government operations, sometimes acting strictly as private businessmen. Intellectuals who gained their names by hyping the Soviet threat still counsel our political leaders. The advice they offered during the Cold War was of dubious value, and it has decidedly less merit today." Silverstein wisely populates his book with real-life characters such as German arms dealer Ernst Werner Glatt, Nixon- and Reagan-administration veteran Alexander Haig, and missile-defense advocate Frank Gaffney. He also has an eye for vivid anecdotes: the B-2 bomber, he notes, literally "costs more than its weight in gold." Silverstein's on-the-scene reporting includes visits to a weapons bazaar in Rio de Janeiro and a Soldier of Fortune convention in Las Vegas. At bottom, however, Private Warriors is a polemic rather than a piece of j arms control,business and investing,comparative politics,economic conditions,economics,history,intelligence and espionage,international and world politics,law,legal theory and systems Comparative Politics, Verso<

2000, ISBN: 1859847560

In offering explanations for America's enormous post-Cold War military budget--nearly $280 billion for the year 2000--most defense critics point to the influence of weapon makers and pork… Mehr…

In offering explanations for America's enormous post-Cold War military budget--nearly $280 billion for the year 2000--most defense critics point to the influence of weapon makers and pork-barrel politics. Those are certainly factors. But in this eye-opening book, Ken Silverstein looks at another, all but unexamined force: private warriors, the generals, gunrunners and national security staffers who were cast adrift by the end of the Cold War and who now operate in the private sector. arms control,business and investing,comparative politics,economic conditions,economics,history,intelligence and espionage,international and world politics,law,legal theory and systems Comparative Politics, Verso Books<

2000, ISBN: 9781859847565

London & New York: Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 2000. 1st Published by Verso 2000 . Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Mehr…

London & New York: Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 2000. 1st Published by Verso 2000 . Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mark Thiessen (Jacket Photo). 268 pp. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text., Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 2000<

ISBN: 9781859847565

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Verso. Used - Good. Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!, Verso<

ISBN: 9781859847565

Verso. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefi… Mehr…

Verso. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!, Verso<