{"product_id":"9781598133929-how-to-run-wars","title":"How to Run Wars","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA copy of the top-secret memo below recently came into our hands, and we thought we should bring it to your attention!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dear National Security Elite:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an ideal world, the public would simply accept whatever their leaders—\u003ci\u003eyou,\u003c\/i\u003e in other words—told them. They would comply with restrictions and mandates, not as a matter of mere obedience, but as a matter of unquestionable patriotic duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut we don’t live in an ideal world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd with the fate of the world, especially the world’s wars, in the hands of our \u003ci\u003eenlightened\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ebenevolent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eeminently\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eresponsible\u003c\/i\u003e national security elite—in \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e hands, in other words—we can’t afford to risk opening the conversation to an informed public. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we \u003ci\u003ecertainly\u003c\/i\u003e can’t risk asking for anything so antiquated as “consent,” either. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot when the stakes are this high.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou simply \u003ci\u003emust \u003c\/i\u003elearn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to control the narrative—every narrative—in your favor;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to completely capture the media and effectively quash dissent;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow destroying liberty creates \u003ci\u003emore \u003c\/i\u003eliberty in the long (long) run;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy top-down economic planning, here and abroad, is your best friend;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to flout international, and of course domestic, law and get away with it;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much, much more…\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe danger with any book like this is, obviously, that it may fall into the wrong hands. If any member of the general public should happen upon these pages, the consequences would be fatal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter all, people may realize that the national security elite—\u003ci\u003eyou, \u003c\/i\u003ein other words—are not, in fact, all-powerful harbingers of peace…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey may realize that you are, literally, a \u003ci\u003eforce \u003c\/i\u003efor good… armed and relentlessly attempting to bend the planet to your noble will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd that realization would be nothing short of disastrous. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon’t let this book fall into the wrong hands!”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerciless in their penetrating analysis, \u003cb\u003eChristopher J. Coyne\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAbigail Hall \u003c\/b\u003ehave written \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e satirical portrait of America’s contemporary military-industrial complex. Drawing inspiration from the 1936 classic \u003ci\u003eHow to Run a War\u003c\/i\u003e, by Bruce W. Knight, this book is a must-read for anyone who would know the \u003ci\u003etruth \u003c\/i\u003eabout America’s endless wars and the people who run them….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe truth might just set us free. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will certainly make you laugh. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen—really angry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731976405366,"sku":"9781598133929","price":17.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35044543.jpg?v=1751509396","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781598133929-how-to-run-wars","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}