From the National Book Award-winning author of An American Requiem and Constantine's Sword comes a sweeping yet intimate look at the Pentagon and its vast–often hidden–impact on America.This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. James Carroll proves a controversial thesis: the Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more. To argue his case, he marshals a trove of often chilling evidence.Carroll draws on rich personal experience (his father was a top Pentagon official for more than twenty years) as well as exhaustive research and dozens of extensive interviews with Washington insiders. The result is a grand yet intimate work of history, unashamedly polemical and personal but unerringly factual. With a breadth and focus that no other audiobook could muster, it explains what America has become over the past sixty years.
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Carroll combines a history of the Pentagon with a memoir of his family life, which touches on his feelings about war, his experiences with religion, and his relationship with his father, an Air Force general. Excellent research and skilled writing have produced an interesting study of how U.S. military leaders have influenced the history of the world. Robertson Dean's precise diction and unhurried pace make for a comfortable and pleasant listening experience. Dean's deep, booming voice and his resounding tone create an aura compatible with the story of a young priest-in-training who finds himself in conflict over the juxtaposition of war and peace during his early years. J.A.H (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
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