A sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars--Abroad and at home--and what it might do to break free.
Instead of managing never-ending conflicts, we need to reinvest in the tools of traditional politics and diplomacy..
It is time, Khalil argues, for a new approach.
Its failures--in Iraq, Afghanistan, US cities, and increasingly rural and borderland America--have only served to reinforce fears of weakness.
Yet militarized policy has brought few victories.
Characterized as sites of endemic violence, badlands lay beyond the pale of civilization, their ostensibly racially and culturally alien inhabitants best handled by force.
Rather, crime, drugs, and terrorism were enemies spawned in badlands--whether the Middle East or stateside inner cities.
Unsettled by their inability to prevail in Southeast Asia, US leaders increasingly came to see a host of problems as immune to political solutions.
Osamah Khalil argues that the militarization of US domestic and foreign affairs was the product of America\'s failure in Vietnam.
A World of Enemies tells the story of how an America plagued by fears of waning power and influence embraced foreign and domestic forever wars.
Decades ago, the Wars on Drugs and Terror broke down the walls separating law enforcement from military operations.
America\'s might is felt on nearly every continent--and even on its own streets.
Over the past half-century, Americans have watched their country extend its military power to what seemed the very ends of the earth.
A sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars--Abroad and at home--and what it might do to break free
