Title: Resurgence of the warfare state : the crisis since 9/11 /
Authors: Higgs, Robert.; Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
Publisher: Independent Institute,
Year: 2005
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Political aspects United States.; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Causes; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence; National security United States; Civil rights United States; United States Politics and government
Abstract: Exploring the politics and morality that pulled the United States into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, this collection of essays, stories, and satirical pieces lambasts the highest officials in the executive branch for incompetence and moral blindness. Analyses of both wars and the crisis following 9/11 portray the conflicts as opportunities for special interests to entrench themselves in the U.S. government at the expense of U.S. citizens' civil liberties and tax dollars, and the lives of numerous Afghan and Iraqi non-combatants. Pulling no punches, this work holds George W. Bush and members of his cabinet accountable for acts that would have been prosecutable were the defendants in question not government entities.