Washington rules

For the past fifty years, American military policy has operated under the assumption that global security necessitates a constant U.S. armed presence and readiness to intervene anywhere. This book explores the origins of this unquestioned consensus, which was forged during a period of peak American power. It challenges the pervasive belief in military might, particularly the idea that overwhelming superiority will compel other nations to meet America's demands for resources and goods, arguing that this militarism has become both unsustainable and increasingly perilous.