![]() ![]() By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration of history, anthropology, and law, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is an “illuminating” ( The New York Times), “eloquent” ( The Boston Globe), “courageous” ( US News & World Report), and “essential” ( The Dallas Morning News) examination of the role of the military today. ![]() In this “ambitious and astute” ( The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks “provides a masterful analysis” ( San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective-that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and married to an Army Green Beret. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. “A dynamic work of reportage” ( The New York Times) written “with clarity and.wit” ( The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. ![]()
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