A civilian economy and government can become dominated by continuous war preparations.
Evidence
Examining America’s sprawling collection of bases abroad can help us see how the United States has placed itself on a permanent war footing, with an economy and a government dominated by continuous preparations for battle. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 47
Categorization
- XREF: The permanent war footing thesis echoes the military-industrial complex literature and could connect to the Frankfurt School’s critique of instrumental rationality and irrational present-mindedness in US policy. Also resonates with general-interest-reader examples of permanent institutional mobilization. — connects to: Analyzing overseas bases reveals America’s economy runs on continuous war preparations. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 47; War machines fuse political, military, and mercantile authority into one organization. — Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics, 129; The environmental impact of wars begins long before they do, through resource-intensive military build-up — How does war damage the environment? (+3 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 47
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Analyzing overseas bases reveals America’s economy runs on continuous war preparations. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 47; War machines fuse political, military, and mercantile authority into one organization. — Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics, 129; The environmental impact of wars begins long before they do, through resource-intensive military build-up — How does war damage the environment? (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Analyzing overseas bases reveals America’s economy runs on continuous war preparations.
#exemplifies(0.92) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 47