Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (Paperback)

~ (Author, Illustrator) "But why is the United States always getting into wars?..." (more)
Key Phrases: Middle East, Cold War, Gulf War (more...)

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Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays-and who dies. Over 120,000 copies of the previous edition are in print. This new edition is substantially reworked and fully updated through the War in Iraq. "A witty and devastating portrait of U.S. military policy."-Howard Zinn

Joel Andreas wrote and illustrated The Incredible Rocky, the biting satire that introduced over 100,000 people to the unsavory activities of the Rockefeller family.

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Joel Andreas wrote and illustrated "The Incredible Rocky," the biting satire that introduced over 100,000 people to the unsavory activities of the Rockefeller family.

Joel Andreas wrote and illustrated "The Incredible Rocky," the biting satire that introduced over 100,000 people to the unsavory activities of the Rockefeller family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: AK Press (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904859011
• ISBN-13: 978-1904859017
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #318,318 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational and Enjoyable, September 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (Paperback)

I picked up this book, all skeptical, thought it was a kid�fs comic book. Although simply worded, the wit, content and organization blew me away. I read it in one night, thoroughly engrossed. As the reader above stated, it was a revelation. Working as a cog in corporate America, I thought the anti-militarists were all a bunch of loonies out to harm my good old capitalist interests--money. Instead, I realized just how manipulated I had been. Reading about all the lives and billions of dollars our government has wasted truly awakened me. This book makes you want to question every tidbit we hear in the media. I attempted to verify some of the more flamboyant quotes attributed in the book and guess what? They were true! Perhaps most profound is the simple logic this book presents which slowly hits you at the end. For example at the end of the cold war people thought world peace would be attainable now that the US was the only remaining super power. Yet now George Bush comes along putting fear in us about the terrorist threat, his request for 87 billion dollars and the statement that this new war could last an entire generation. What lessons have were learnt from all the previous wars? Nothing.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hats off to Joel Andreas!, September 18, 2002

By	W L Milo "bearmarketeer" (Austin, TX.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (Paperback)

What an absolutely fabulous little book! In clear concise and honest fashion, this book lays out in easy to read illustrated pages, the real history of this country. No where in my college level education were these easily verifiable facts presented. My family and friends read this book, and all agree it should be required reading for every highschool student in the country. It has never been more needed than right now with our insane military aggression threatening to engulf the Middle East in a terribly destructive, illegal, and immoral war for profit and control of oil. Read who is doing this and why, read who profits from this madness, take a copy to your next PTA meeting and ask the teachers to read it! The negative reviews cannot dispel the truth of this book, it is loaded with facts, not "tired stereotypes". Buy this book! Better yet but 5 copies and hand them out!

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I never thought such a simple book could make such an impact, January 9, 2003

By	MattOKC (Oklahoma City, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (Paperback)

I opened it up and thought, "isn't this a comic book?" The drawings were simple. But as I started reading it, I realized how truly astonishing this book is. It's meticulously researched with published sources for every scrap of information, and photo documentation of quite a few events. I've even double-checked a few of its weightier claims in other research, and this book as won every test of historical accuracy I've put it through.

The book is so stunning it makes my head spin after the one hour it takes to read. It's one of those book I want to buy for everyone I know. It actually has the power to change beliefs and assumptions we have about our country and human rights.