The Generals Have No Clothes: The Untold Story Of Our Endless Wars

  • Autor: William M. Arkin
  • Narrador: Mark Bramhall
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 6:37:25
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Sinopse

The definitive book about America’s perpetual wars and how to end them from bestselling author, military expert, and award-winning journalist William M. Arkin.

The first rule of perpetual war is to never stop, a fact which former NBC News analyst William M. Arkin knows better than anyone, having served in the Army and having covered all of America’s wars over the past three decades. He has spent his career investigating how the military throws around the word “war” to justify everything, from physical combat to today’s globe-straddling cyber and intelligence network.

In The Generals Have No Clothes, Arkin traces how we got where we are—bombing ten countries, killing terrorists in dozens more—all without Congressional approval or public knowledge. Starting after the 9/11 attacks, the government put forth a singular idea that perpetual war was the only way to keep the American people safe. Arkin explains why President Obama failed to achieve his national security goal of ending war in Iraq and reducing our military engagements, and shows how President Trump has been frustrated in his attempts to end conflict in Afghanistan and Syria. He also reveals how COVID-19 is a watershed moment for the military, where the country’s civilian and public health needs clash with the demands of future wars against China and Russia, North Korea and Iran.

Proposing bold solutions, Arkin calls for a new era of civilian control over the military. He also calls for a Global Security Index (GSX), the security equivalent to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which would measure the national and international events in real time to determine whether perpetual war is actually making the nation safer. Arguing that the American people should be empowered by facts rather than spurred by fear, The Generals Have No Clothes outlines how we can take control of the military…before it’s too late.

Capítulos

  • 001 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Open

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  • 002 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Dedication

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  • 003 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter1 PerpetualWar

    Duração: 35min
  • 004 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter2 TheNationalSecurityEstablishment

    Duração: 34min
  • 005 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter 3 ClosingTheChapterOn9 11

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  • 006 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter4 WhatHappenedToObama

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  • 007 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter5 SippingTeaAndSwappingT-Shirts

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  • 008 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter6 BeyondTheWarMachine

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  • 009 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter7 WarPlaysOutInKorea

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  • 010 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter8 ThePowerOfTheNetwork

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  • 011 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter9 Convergence

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  • 012 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter10 AGlobalSecurityIndex

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  • 013 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter11 CivilianControlOfTheMilitary

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  • 014 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Chapter12 AnAlternative

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  • 015 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Epilogue Coronavirus

    Duração: 31min
  • 016 TheGeneralsHaveNoClothes Close

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