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Washington Is Burning: Corruption and Lies in the Age of Trump

by Andrew Cockburn

Political power and the defense industry in Washington

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Political power and the defense industry in Washington

Andrew Cockburn examines the links between the US military bureaucracy and the defense industry, tracing how their relationship can encourage rising arms expenditure. The book places that analysis within a broader account of political self-interest across Democratic and Republican administrations, with particular attention to Washington during Trump’s return to the White House. It also discusses how concerns about China and Iran are presented in arguments for larger defense budgets, and situates these debates against the backdrop of US military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. The result is a political critique connecting domestic governance, military policy, and the use of perceived foreign threats in budget debates.

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  • Readers interested in US political institutions and government
  • Readers exploring the relationship between defense spending, the military, and industry
  • Readers following critiques of US foreign policy and political self-interest

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Political corruption and self-interestMilitary bureaucracy and the defense industryArms spending and threat narrativesUS foreign policy

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Book overview

A DEVASTATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY FOLLY AND POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION BY THE WASHINGTON EDITOR OF HARPER'S MAGAZINE

Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington -- a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system.

Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development.


The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.
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