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The Atlantic ran a story headlined the divide between silicon valley and washington is a national security threat. Amazon overlord Jeff Bezos, during a live event with Wired, huffed that “if big tech companies are going to turn their back on the U.S. Department of Defense, this country is going to be in trouble.”.
“He’ll meet with anyone,” said Andrew Cockburn—no relation, really—the co-founder and former chairman of the progressive West Virginia Working Families Party. Describing Manchin’s mode of operation, Cockburn invoked the scene in The Godfather where people line up to solicit and receive favors from Don Corleone. “I’ve opposed him ...
Sep 25, 2021 · The Spoils of War Power, Profit and the American War Machine. Author: Andrew Cockburn. ISBN-13: 978-1839763656. Publisher: Verso. Guideline Price: £19.55. In the heyday of jingoism, before the ...
Sep 21, 2021 · Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's and the author of many articles and books on national security, including Kill Chain: Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassin, the New York Times Editor's Choice Rumsfeld, and The Threat, which destroyed the myth of Soviet military superiority underpinning the Cold War.
Oct 27, 2021 · Andrew Cockburn: Well, the glowing profiles were entirely predictable. This was a guy that the blob — or whatever you want to call it, the consensus — had worshipped because he so fitted the ...
May 29, 2024 · Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author of several nonfiction books, including his latest, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine (2021). He also published Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins (2016).
Against this background, Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the true intentions behind Washington’s martial appetites. The American war machine can only be understood in terms of the private passions and interests of those who control it—principally a passionate interest in money.
