House of war : the Pentagon and the disastrous rise of American power /
James Carroll
- New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2006
- xiv, 657 p. : ill
This book is a history of American militarism since the start of the Second World War as represented by the rise of the Pentagon (built in 1941-42) which it is argued "...has since its founding operated beyond the control of any force in government or society".
0618187804 (hbk) : 30.00 USD
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