The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's

Introduction One- Shock and Awe: How We Got Hit The World Before September 11 9/11 in a Movie-Made World The Billion-Dollar Gravestone Looking Forward, Looking Backward Two- How to Garrison a Planet Twenty-First-Century Gunboat Diplomacy Wonders of the Imperial World How to Garrison a Planet (and Not Even Notice) Three- Air War, Barbarity, and Collateral Damage Icarus (Armed with Vipers) Over Iraq The Barbarism of War from the Air An Anatomy of Collateral Damage Launching the Drone Wars Four- The Language of War, American-Style Which War Is This Anyways? The Imperial Unconscious Fixing What's Wrong in Washington... in Afghanistan Five- The Bush Legacy: What They Did (Wrong) Ponzi Scheme Presidency With Us or Against Us? Hold Onto Your Underwear, This Is Not a National Emergency Six- Obama's War How Safe Do You Want to Be? General "Manhunter" Obama and the Imperial Presidency A War That No Longer Needs A Justification How the Pentagon Counts Coups in Washington Seven- Living in the Shadow of War G.I. Joe, Post-American Hero Why Military Dreams Fail- and Why It Doesn't Matter The Afghan Speech Obama Should (But Won't) Give 8:01 P.M. EDT A Symbolic Surrender of Civilian Authority The Nine Surges of Obama's War Pentagon Time: Tick... Tick... Tick... Epilogue