The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives
by Nick Turse
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Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Salesrank: 25097
Released: 2008-03-18
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An important read. (2008-04-01)
An important read for all Americans. Well written, with an immense amount of details about, who, what, when and where the money goes. Obviousely a great deal of research went into this book, but it is written in such a way that you don’t get bogged down in the details, they become a fluid part of a well told story. Open almost any page, and the documented, outragous spending and corruption, will stare you in the face.

Nick Turse has put together a well documented account of the DoD, tax payer funded, feeding trough, that should alarm every American. At times he shows a flair for the humorous, ( the choices are, laugh or cry )but there is nothing at all funny about this book.

A must read for all elected officials, ( and the press )who are not already well entrenched in the fleecing of America.Even Eisenhower Didn’t See This Coming (2008-03-31)
This is a fast paced compelling read. Packed with startling revelations that will horrify some, while wowing others. Nick Turse opens our eyes, as to how pervasive the Military Industrial Complex has become in our lives. He lifts the curtain on billions of dollars of Pentagon waste that Americans tolerate without question. He details for the reader the extent of how the military has garrisoned the globe.

Sounding a warning to teens that “Uncle Sam Wants You” and will do almost anything toward that end, makes this mandatory reading for young men and women as well as their parents.

Sci-fi, buffs might find cool the idea of militarized moths, or spying spiders, but the programs Dr.Turse sheds light on, are cause for grave concern.

Throughout the book the author’s clever wit is apparent and the level of research admirable. If you think the Military Industrial Complex is all guns, planes, missiles and tanks you should read The Complex. If you think that we as citizens are in control of the military you must read The Complex.

sobering, worrisome, thoughtful and scary (2008-03-27)
This book begins with a short catalogue of the various products in your cupboard that are made by companies with huge Department of Defense contracts and continues by identifying the Navy technicians who helped design your child’s computer games. In between, Nick Turse, an elegant writer, and clearly a fearsome researcher, details the ways the military has insinuated itself into all of our everyday lives — from the products we buy, the toys our children play with to the institutions that we depend upon. It is a story that begins with President Eisenhower’s famous parting words about the dangers posed by the military-industrial complex and continues through the Iraq debacle that we’re now living through. This is an important book.Another product of paranoia (2008-03-25)
I noticed this book on a stand for current events books at a local bookstore, and thought I’d give it a slam. Once again, an academic “intellectual” has a macro-theory that explains all current events. No doubt this book follows the three basic tenets of a conspiracy theory (like the book “None Dare Call It Conspiracy”): (1) Nothing is at it seems, (2) Nothing happens by accident, and (3) Everything is connected. (It’s appropriately categorized by Amazon in the proper subjects.) Of course, conspiracy theories about the “military industrial complex” go back to the 1960s. Only this one ties in the media, entertainment, academia, and all technology developments.

If the Matrix is around the corner, can the Borg Collective be far behind? (ha, ha) This book is not to be taken seriously.

I noticed that no newspapers have reviewed the book, but they’re probably part of the conspiracy, aren’t they?

P.S. The fourth tenet of a conspiracy theory is that if you question the conspiracy, you’re probably part of it. 

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