{"product_id":"9781608193752","title":"Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the American Revolution to the end of World War II, the United \u003cbr\u003eStates spent nineteen years at war against other nations. But since1950,\u003cbr\u003e the total is twenty-two years and counting. On four occasions, U.S. \u003cbr\u003epresidents elected as \"peace candidates\" have gone on to lead the nation\u003cbr\u003e into ferocious armed conflicts. Repeatedly, wars deemed necessary when \u003cbr\u003ethey began have been seen in retrospect as avoidable, Äîandill-advised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmericans\u003cbr\u003e profess to be a peace-loving people and one wary of \"foreign \u003cbr\u003eentanglements.\" Yet we have been drawn into wars in distant lands from \u003cbr\u003eVietnam to Afghanistan. We cherish our middle-class comforts and our \u003cbr\u003echildren. Yet we send our troops to Fallujah and Mogadishu. How is it \u003cbr\u003ethat ordinary Americans with the most to lose are so easily convinced to\u003cbr\u003e follow hawkish leaders-of both parties-into war? In \u003ci\u003eReasons to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e noted scholar Richard E. Rubenstein explores both the rhetoric that \u003cbr\u003esells war to the public and the underlying cultural and social factors \u003cbr\u003ethat make it so effective. With unmatched historical perspective and \u003cbr\u003einsightful commentary, Rubenstein offers citizens new ways to think for \u003cbr\u003ethemselves about crucial issues of war and peace. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158828335344,"sku":"9781608193752","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608193752_p0.jpg?v=1763833750","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608193752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}