Drift

I'm going with a 5-star rating on this book simply because I can't stop talking about it. Every member of my family and my SO have been victims of my rants and lectures involving US military policy, and now I have even more to say. They've probably stopped listening already anyway.

I really don't watch TV much, and when I do, it isn't the news. I get my news online, and my choice is reading. So I'm not very familiar with Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC. I have been listening to podcasts of it lately now, mostly thanks to this book. She's a very intelligent woman, she has done some amazing research, and we sure think a lot alike. She's also funny, and in a book about war, a reader needs some humor to get through some of these dire statistics and frustrating history.

Honestly, I tend to lean left and liberal. But I believe this book can be read by a right-wing, a left-wing, a middle-wing, or a no-wing leaning person without inducing anger at the author. Hopefully, the book will induce some anger where it needs to be: at the US administration that has put policies in place resulting in where we are now, which is being a country that is accepts being at war.

This book says that the US accepts being at war today. The book discusses how we ended up here (with no president left unscathed) and how we can get out of this situation. And it's pretty succinct without a lot of liberal opinion. Instead, you get some verifiable history. Obviously the author has made her own conclusions, but she's done it convincingly. In other words, I recommend it for anyone who likes to read about US politics and policy.