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Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of total world arms spending. Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy.

Industrial Military Strategies. Mobilization, Railways, and the Rise of Total War. Modern war was not born in the trenches. It was built in rail yards, factories, and war ministries. In the nineteenth century, strategy changed forever. Railways accelerated mobilization. Telegraph lines compressed command. Industrial production multiplied firepower. War shifted from dynastic campaigns to national systems. This book explores how that transformation happened. From Napoleon’s operational art to the Prussian General Staff. From the Russian Campaign to the American Civil War.

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic stability," became the foundation of the arms control movement. But in this counterhistory, Benjamin Wilson shows that we have misunderstood them and their efforts.

"Unraveling the Complex Web of Power: Media, Manipulation, and the Military-Industrial Complex" offers a profound exploration of the intricate and often concealed interactions between media, propaganda, and the potent machinery of the military-industrial complex. These compelling essays illuminate the subtle strategies employed by powerful elites to shape public perception and assert control, beginning from the era of World War I to the transformative moments of the Civil Rights Movement.

Uncover the gritty reality of industrial warfare, where military history and human endurance collide on the front lines. Ideal for a gripping commute or focused listening, this sobering account strips away the myths of the First World War to reveal the true mechanics of global combat. You are...