Review of 'Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Rachel Maddow has created a book every American needs to read. In it she shows exactly how and where our military policies have gone wrong; how the executive power has abused and circumvented the constitutional directives on war; how congress, republican and democrat alike, has sheepishly failed to execute it's constitutionally given powers to prevent one man from taking us to war; how the American people have been removed from having to feel the war as they have in past wars; and how our nuclear arsenal may be a tad overblown, and not quite as safe as everyone seems to think.
The book seems to be well researched. The notes on the source notes at the end of the book give you plenty of material to use to follow up on her assertions. I found the last chapter on our nuclear arsenal to be the most disturbing. She clearly shows …
Rachel Maddow has created a book every American needs to read. In it she shows exactly how and where our military policies have gone wrong; how the executive power has abused and circumvented the constitutional directives on war; how congress, republican and democrat alike, has sheepishly failed to execute it's constitutionally given powers to prevent one man from taking us to war; how the American people have been removed from having to feel the war as they have in past wars; and how our nuclear arsenal may be a tad overblown, and not quite as safe as everyone seems to think.
The book seems to be well researched. The notes on the source notes at the end of the book give you plenty of material to use to follow up on her assertions. I found the last chapter on our nuclear arsenal to be the most disturbing. She clearly shows how unaware the public is to how many accidents have actually happened with our nuclear weapons, and how many more potential ones await.
Do yourself a HUGE favor: buy this book, read it, and do some of your own research. You'll have a better understanding of why we are off the track.
