WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #174

 

 WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #174, APRIL 24, 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett.

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Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism by
Joel Andreas.  PM Press, 03/26/2024.   Size: 8.50 x 10.88.    Pages: 88.
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Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.

Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays and who dies. Over 450,000 copies of the previous editions are in print.

This edition is substantially reworked and fully updated including Barack Obama’s drone wars, Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks, statistics on military spending, and the ongoing costs and consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Praise

“Addicted to War is must reading for all Americans who are concerned with understanding the true nature of US foreign policy and how it affects us here at home.”   —Martin Sheen, actor

“Addicted to War is a rare gift to the American people. It should be read by every person who cares about the human condition. This book reveals truths that all Americans need to understand if we are ever to experience peace and justice for all the people of the earth.”  —Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas Watch

“This book analyzes why men are addicted to fighting and killing—an addiction that could, in this the nuclear age, destroy all life on earth, creating the final epidemic of the human race.”   —Helen Caldicott, pediatrician and author of Missile Envy

“Addicted to War graphically exposes the US propensity to make war and should be required reading in every school in the country, including military schools!”  —Ann Wright, Retired US Army Reserve Colonel who resigned in 2003 to oppose the Iraq war      ETC.!

“As we’re goose-stepping our way into the new millennium, Addicted to War provides us with an opportunity to see ourselves as others see us.”  —Kris Kristofferson, singer/songwriter

“Political comics at its best. Bitterly amusing, lively, and richly informative. For people of all ages who want to understand the link between US militarism, foreign policy, and corporate greed at home and abroad.”  —Michael Parenti, author of History as Mystery and To Kill a Nation

Joel Andreas began following his parents to demonstrations against the Vietnam War while in elementary school in Detroit. He has been a political activist ever since, working to promote racial equality and workers’ rights inside the United States and to stop US military intervention abroad. After working as an automobile assembler, a printer, and a civil engineering drafter, he completed a doctoral degree in sociology at the University of California in Los Angeles, studying the aftermath of the 1949 Chinese Revolution. He now teaches at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is the author of Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism and Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China’s New Class.

 

Danny Haiphong with Roberto Servant.  American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror.   Skyhorse Publishing, 2019.

“We discuss many aspects of how American Exceptionalism and American Innocence are weaponized domestically and internationally in the name of spreading US Imperialism. In addition to co-authoring this book, Danny Haiphong is an activist, journalist, and scholar. His work was featured in former Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney’s latest book How the U.S. Creates “Sh*thole Countries (2018).”   Publishers description:  “A must read for understanding how the US is backing genocide in Palestine, and pursuing war against Russia and China.”