I wanted to understand wars and stuff but instead I got the intricacies of supply chains and banking monopolies. Also wars and stuff. If you read this book you can predict the future.
Lays out US imperial mission of perpetual war as a relatively new form of global occupation -- in spite of this mission's repeated failures. To borrow a phrase my bf just maybe coined today: the project of "American delusionalism" summarized. Dissertation inspo for me
it's about the US as a new kind of (Western) empire as told through the history of its colonialism and military occupation - super snappy and well-written! i'm always recommending it to friends :)
It's a lost art. You can always tell when an album is just a collection of songs (which is encouraged by streaming) when albums should feel like books and songs should feel like chapters. They're best in context!
