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Gregory Daddis

Lyndon Johnson
Military Industrial Complex

In war we trust: America's foreign policy relies on faith in force

US leaders treat the military, not as a tool of last resort, but as a divine instrument guided by fear

Are budget boosters actually breaking the military?
Military Industrial Complex

Are budget boosters actually breaking the military?

They say we need 'overwhelming superiority' over adversaries with no measure of actually achieving it. Convenient

Stop Listening to David Petraeus
Middle East

Stop Listening to David Petraeus

The self-promoting ex-general continues to rewrite history, suggesting that Israel deploy an Iraq-style 'surge' in Gaza

War and violence isn't 'cleansing' at all
Global Crises

War and violence isn't 'cleansing' at all

Frantz Fanon's 60-year-old post-colonial writings about the rehabilitative nature of conflict can be widely misinterpreted today