A DEVASTATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY FOLLY AND POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION BY THE WASHINGTON EDITOR OF HARPER’S MAGAZINEWashington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump’s Washington — a grotesque carnival of corruptionAndrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system.
Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on armsAfter the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development.
The American empire has reached a watershedWith Trump back in the White House,
Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
304 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Verso Books |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2026-03-17 |
| ISBN |
9781836741770 |
