Copyright © 2012 by Rachel Maddow All rights reserved.Published in the United States by Crown Publishers,an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group,a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.comCROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarksof Random House, Inc.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maddow, Rachel.Drift: the unmooring of American military power/Rachel Maddow.—1st ed.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. National security—United States. 2. United States—Military policy.3. United States—Armed Forces—Appropriations and expenditures.4. Militarism—United States. 5. Political culture—United States.6. United States—Foreign relations—1989– 7. United States—Politics andgovernment—1989– I. Title.UA23.M17 2012306.2'70973—dc23 2012000998ISBN 978-0-307-46098-1eISBN 978-0-307-46100-1Printed in the United States of America
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