TY  - BOOK
AU  - John, Dower.
TI  - The violent American century: war and terror since World War II
SN  - 978-1608467235
U1  - 355.03 DOW 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Haymarket Books
KW  - United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century; World politics -- 1945-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The Violent ?American Century? addresses the U.S.-led transformations in war conduct and strategizing that followed 1945?beginning with brutal localized hostilities, proxy wars, and the nuclear terror of the Cold War, and ending with the asymmetrical conflicts of the present day. The military playbook now meshes brute force with a focus on non-state terrorism, counterinsurgency, clandestine operations, a vast web of overseas American military bases, and?most touted of all?a revolutionary new era of computerized ?precision? warfare. By contrast to World War II, postwar death and destruction has been comparatively small. By any other measure, it has been appalling?and shows no sign of abating
ER  -