Synopses & Reviews
In this incisive examination of our national security policy, Michael Klare suggests that the Pentagon in effect established a new class of enemies when the Cold War came to an -unpredictable and hostile states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Klare argues that the containment of these rising Third World powers-Iraq, Iran, Libya, and North Korea, especially-became the centerpiece of American military policy and the justification for near-Cold War levels of military sping.
Review
"[Klare's] book is a needed reminder that all is not well in the Pentagon."--Zachary Karabell,
The Boston Globe
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-281) and index.
About the Author
Michael Klare is the author of books including
Resource Wars,
Blood and Oil,
Rising Powers,
Shrinking Planet and
The Race for What's Left. A regular contributor to
Harper's,
Foreign Affairs, and the
Los Angeles Times, he is the defense analyst for
The Nation and the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst.