{"product_id":"9781836741770","title":"Washington Is Burning","description":"\u003cb\u003eA DEVASTATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY FOLLY  AND POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION BY THE WASHINGTON EDITOR OF \u003ci\u003eHARPER’S MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Is Burning \u003c\/i\u003ereveals 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraft 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, \u003ci\u003eWashington Is Burning \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.","brand":"Andrew Cockburn","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47794010226900,"sku":"9781836741770","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a6f25171-8927-4244-bc19-0f499a0c27cc.jpg?v=1776178456","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781836741770","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}