War made invisible : how America hides the human toll of its military machine

More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in America's foreign policy: a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public. War Made Invisible, by the journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, ex...

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VerfasserIn: Solomon, Norman
Ort / Verlag / Datum:New York, London : The New Press, [2023]
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Erscheinungsjahr:2023
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Klassifikation:327 Europäische Union, Internationale Politik
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Weitere Titel:How America hides the human toll of its military machine
Repetition and omission
Over the horizon
Unintended deaths
Media boundaries
"Humane" wars
Lives that really matter, lives that don't
The color of war
Costs of war
Now it can be told
Zusammenfassung:More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in America's foreign policy: a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public. War Made Invisible, by the journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, exposes how this happened, and what its consequences are, from military and civilian casualties to drained resources at home. From Iraq through Afghanistan and Syria and on to little-known deployments in a range of countries around the globe, the United States has been at perpetual war for at least the past two decades. Yet many of these forays remain off the radar of average Americans. Compliant journalists add to the smokescreen by providing narrow coverage of military engagements and by repeating the military's talking points. Meanwhile, the increased use of high technology, air power, and remote drones has put distance between soldiers and the civilians who die. Back at home, Solomon argues, the cloak of invisibility masks massive Pentagon budgets that receive bipartisan approval even as policy makers struggle to fund the domestic agenda.
ISBN:9781620977910
AC Nummer:AC17055118
Hierarchiestufe:Monografie
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