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Career. Cockburn has written numerous books and articles, principally about national security. He has also produced numerous documentary films, principally in partnership with his wife Leslie Cockburn, as well as co-produced the 1997 thriller The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, for DreamWorks.
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Journalist Andrew Cockburn discusses his book The Spoils of War, which exposes the power, profit and inefficiency of the U.S. defense system. He reveals how the military-industrial complex drives war, waste and corruption, and how it undermines American security and democracy.
Oct 27, 2021 · Andrew Cockburn, a journalist and author, exposes the waste, corruption, and folly of the U.S. military in his new book "The Spoils of War". He argues that the Pentagon is more interested in budget enhancement than war-fighting efficiency, and that its bureaucracy and weapons systems are riddled with incompetence and excess.
The author examines the resurgence of nuclear power in the U.S. amid climate change concerns, and the challenges and risks of the technology. He traces the history of nuclear energy from its origins to its current projects, and the role of the government and industry in promoting it.
Adjust. A few hours before the inauguration ceremony, the prospective president receives an elaborate and highly classified briefing on the means and procedures for blowing up the world with a nuclear attack, a rite of passage that a former official described as “a sobering moment.”
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Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine. July 2021. Iraq was Donald Rumsfeld’s war. It will...
