From Ivan Eland
Friend and Colleagues,
I will be interviewed on Washington Journal, the flagship morning program on C-SPAN, on Sunday Aug 17 from 8 am to 9 am Eastern Time about my ninth book: "Domestic Causes of American Wars: Economic and Political Triggers."
To Watch, Click this link to get to the Washington Journal's site: https://www.c-span.org/series/?washingtonJournal
Traditionally, popular histories of most of America's major wars have focused on the United States heroically battling “foreign bad guys.” But in this book, I take a closer look at less-heroic, and therefore scantly examined, domestic factors that drove the country into its major wars. For example, wars seem to occur at convenient times on the election schedule, for territorial aggrandizement, or for the economic gain of certain special interests. This more thorough examination of American conflicts led me to conclude that many of those wars were either less noble, less needed, and less effective (or even counterproductive) in fostering US security or national interests than most standard histories conclude.
See below for links to the press release for the book and to the webpage for the book.
Press Release:
https://claritypress.bmeurl.co/12AE7004 You can read the Chapter 1 in its entirety. The Warping of the American Mind
Web Page for "Domestic Causes of American Wars: Economic and Political Triggers"
Availability:
Ships on Friday, Aug 22nd - eBook available now: https://tinyurl.com/f86nt3xx
I hope you will tune in and maybe even order a book!
Dr. Ivan Eland