Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare

by Scott Horton

Book Overview

Forty years ago, a majority of Americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the country's vibrant, if fractious, democracy. But American political consciousness has drifted. In the last decade, America has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while pursuing a new kind of warfare in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Pakistan. National security issues have increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568585179
• ISBN13: 9781568585178
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"