Cover Page; Titel Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction American Militarism, Costs and Consequences; One President Eisenhower's Legacy; Two President George H.W. Bush's New World Order; Three Clinton's Problems with the Pentagon; Four Bush's Surrender to the Pentagon; Five President Obama's Deference to the Military; Six The Pentagon's Grip on the Intelligence Community; Seven The Pentagon's Phantom Missile Defense; Eight Defense Spending: Eisenhower's "Cross of Iron"; Nine What Needs to Be Done; Endnotes; Index; About the Author
Summary
Former CIA analyst reveals why pumping more money into US military spending destabilizes both the economy and long-term national security
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index
