{"product_id":"the-united-states-of-war-a-global-history-of-americas-endless-conflicts-from-columbus-to-the-islamic-state-volume-48-9780520300873","title":"The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State Volume 48","description":"\u003cb\u003e2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, History\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today's costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence in everyday American life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In \u003ci\u003eThe United States of War, \u003c\/i\u003e David Vine traces this pattern of bloody conflict from Columbus's 1494 arrival in Guantanamo Bay through the 250-year expansion of a global U.S. empire. Drawing on historical and firsthand anthropological research in fourteen countries and territories, \u003ci\u003eThe United States of War\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how U.S. leaders across generations have locked the United States in a self-perpetuating system of permanent war by constructing the world's largest-ever collection of foreign military bases--a global matrix that has made offensive interventionist wars more likely. Beyond exposing the profit-making desires, political interests, racism, and toxic masculinity underlying the country's relationship to war and empire, \u003ci\u003eThe United States of War\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the long history of U.S. military expansion shapes our daily lives, from today's multi-trillion-dollar wars to the pervasiveness of violence and militarism in everyday U.S. life. The book concludes by confronting the catastrophic toll of American wars--which have left millions dead, wounded, and displaced--while offering proposals for how we can end the fighting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Vine\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at American University. His other books include \u003ci\u003eBase Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsland of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567656702226,"sku":"9780520300873","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6f024dd-74d8-4097-9a1b-4c92495932c0.jpg?v=1731925023","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-united-states-of-war-a-global-history-of-americas-endless-conflicts-from-columbus-to-the-islamic-state-volume-48-9780520300873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}