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From the American Revolution to the end of World War II, america put in 19 years at warfare against other countries. But since1950, the total is 22 years and keeping track of. On four situations, U.S. presidents elected as "tranquility individuals" have vanished on to lead the country into ferocious armed conflicts. Repeatedly, wars considered necessary when they started have been observed in retrospect as avoidable, and ill-advised. People in america profess to be a peace-loving people and one wary of "foreign entanglements". Yet we have been attracted into wars in distant lands from Vietnam to Afghanistan. We cherish our middle-class conveniences and our kids. Yet we send our troops to Fallujah and Mogadishu. How could it be that ordinary People in america with to lose are so easily convinced to check out hawkish market leaders - of both parties-into warfare? In Reasons to Kill noted scholar Richard E. Rubenstein explores both the rhetoric that sells war to the general public and the main cultural and cultural factors which make it so effective. With unequaled historical perspective and insightful commentary, Rubenstein offers citizens new ways to think for themselves about crucial issues of warfare and peace.
