Why Are We at War? by Norman Mailer

Author:Norman Mailer [Mailer, Norman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8129-8602-0
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2013-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

Back in 1992, a year after the final fall of the Soviet Union, there were many on the right in America, early flag conservatives, who felt that an extraordinary opportunity was now present. America could now take over the world. The Defense Department drafted a document which, to quote Jay Bookman once more,

envisioned the United States as a colossus astride the world, imposing its will and keeping world peace through military and economic power. When leaked in its final draft form, however, the proposal drew so much criticism that it was hastily withdrawn and repudiated by the first President Bush.…

The defense secretary in 1992 was Richard Cheney; the document was drafted by [Paul] Wolfowitz, who at the time was defense undersecretary for policy.

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