The complex : how the military invades our everyday lives

Turse, Nick

The complex : how the military invades our everyday lives / Nick Turse - x, 290 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index.

Introduction : a day in the life Kicking it old school The iron triangle The military-academic complex The military-petroleum complex Global landlord Today's corporate bedfellows Starbucks goes to Gitmo, iPods in iRaq These boots are made for killing A sneak peek at the military-telecom complex The military-doughnut complex The high life How the waste was won La dolce vita war on terror That's entertainment Six billion movies and no separation A virtual world of war Pimp my Pentagon The complex goes recruiting An army of (no) one The militarization of MySpace The dirty dozen The mad, mad world of the military The Pentagon goes golfing Patriotic pork Stars and hype The military-corporate-conference complex Weaponizing the future Living weapons labs The wild weapons of DARPA Captain DARPAmerica Baghdad, 2025 Complex conclusions The homeland security state

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United States--Defenses--Economic aspects

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