Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power is a nonfiction book by Rachel Maddow that examines how U.S. war-making has increasingly shifted away from public oversight and constitutional constraints.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
author Rachel Maddow ⓘ
authorProfession journalist ⓘ
political commentator ⓘ
television host ⓘ
awarded 2012 Goodreads Choice Award for History and Biography ⓘ
centralClaim Congress has ceded significant war powers to the executive branch ⓘ
Privatization and outsourcing have obscured the true scale of U.S. military operations ⓘ
The American public has become disconnected from the costs and consequences of war ⓘ
The United States has drifted into a state of permanent war ⓘ
U.S. war-making has increasingly shifted away from public oversight and constitutional constraints ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre current affairs ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political nonfiction ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hasISBN 9780307460983 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
notableFor analysis of the institutionalization of permanent war in U.S. policy ⓘ
critique of the expansion of U.S. executive war powers ⓘ
proposes greater transparency in U.S. military operations ⓘ
reengagement of the American public with decisions about war ⓘ
restoration of Congressional authority over war-making ⓘ
publicationDate 2012 ⓘ
publisher Crown Publishing Group ⓘ
linked to: Crown Publishers
relatedWork The Rachel Maddow Show ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ
subject Congressional oversight of war ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
U.S. war powers ⓘ
United States military policy ⓘ
Vietnam War legacy in U.S. politics ⓘ
War on Terror ⓘ
civil-military relations in the United States ⓘ
constitutional law in the United States ⓘ
nuclear weapons policy of the United States ⓘ
presidential war powers ⓘ
privatization of war ⓘ
use of private military contractors ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ

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