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Militarism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Militarism or militarist ideology is the doctrinal view of a society as being best served (or more efficient) when it is governed or guided by concepts embodied in the culture, doctrine, system, or people of the military. Militarists hold the view that security is the highest social priority, and claim that the development and maintenance of the military ensures that security. Militarism connotes the drive to expand military culture and ideals to areas outside of the military structure —most notably in areas of private business, government policy, education, and entertainment. ..." |
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Blueprint for Dictatorship: Recent legislation sets us up for tyranny, by Justin Raimondo, 30 Apr 2007
Related Topic: Right to Petition the Government
Describes how the Defense Authorization Act, the Military Commissions Act and changes to the Insurrection Act could be used to impose martial law in the United States
"This use of the military to enforce domestic order is a new development in American history, one that augurs a turning point not only in terms of law, but also in our evolving political culture. Such a measure would once have provoked an outcry – on both sides of the aisle. When the measure passed, there was hardly a ripple of protest ..." |
Mission Creep: US Military Presence Worldwide, Mother Jones, 22 Aug 2008
An interactive map showing the buildup of U.S. forces around the globe since 1950, with details on 2007 levels |
On Conscription [PDF], by Daniel Webster, 9 Dec 1814
Speech before the U.S. House of Representatives
"The administration asserts the right to fill the ranks of the regular army by compulsion. ... A military force cannot be raised, in this manner, but by the means of a military force. If administration has found that it can not form an army without conscription, it will find, if it venture on these experiments, that it can not enforce conscription without an army." |
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The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 2, by Anthony Gregory, Freedom Daily, Jan 2007
Review of Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs
"Unfortunately, the myths and misunderstandings surrounding the U.S. garrison economy – its alleged promotion of productivity and the general welfare and its ostensible nature as an essentially capitalistic sector free of the trappings borne by the classic archetypes of socialist central planning – have endured." |
The Pentagon's Power to Arrest, Torture, and Execute Americans, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 28 Feb 2007
Related Topics: Writ of Habeas Corpus, Protection Against Cruel and Unusual Punishments
"The president and the Pentagon now wield the omnipotent power to arrest, torture, and execute any American they label an 'enemy combatant.' It is impossible to overstate the significance of this power. It has totally upended the relationship of the military and civilian in the United States. ... Historically, the U.S. military has lacked the power to arrest, incarcerate, or inflict harm on American civilians." |
'What Kind of Democracy Is This?': A grieving father wants to know, by Justin Raimondo, 23 May 2007
Related Topics: Democracy
Examines questions about American democracy and militarism posed by professor Andrew J. Bacevich after the death of his son in combat in Iraq
"The militarist aesthetic is a key advertising tool used to market this war, and it is very useful in deflecting any effort to defund it: after all, we have to 'support the troops' and our Dear Leader, no matter what folly they're embarked on, and damn the consequences. 'Shock and awe,' the pretentious habit of giving each of our wars of conquest titles like Operation Iraqi Freedom ..." |
The "Value" of Public Schooling, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, Nov 2006
Related Topics: Compulsory Education, Educational Freedom, Socialism
"What is the first thing that the military does to new recruits? ... First comes boot camp, a seemingly nonsensical period of time in which soldiers are ordered to drop down for pushups at the whim of an officer. Soldiers learn to march together in unison, mastering such movements as right-face and left-face. ... Why? ... to mold each person's mindset into one of strict conformity and obedience." |
The GOP, RIP: They're on the way out — and good riddance, by Justin Raimondo, 8 Sep 2006
Related Topics: Republican Party
"Militarism, not only as a foreign policy but as the organizing principle of the domestic order, is the central doctrine of the neoconservative creed, and they have never betrayed it no matter what their party registration. The neocons, in their takeover of what used to be the conservative movement, have Prussianized the GOP." |
Why We Fight: Go see the movie, by Justin Raimondo, 1 Feb 2006
Related Topics: Why We Fight, Military Industrial Complex
"The trick in the militarism business, we are told by a Defense Department analyst, is to over-promise the benefits and lowball the costs of any new defense system – and then spread around the campaign money to as many congressional districts as possible. Chalmers Johnson notes that the B-2 bomber has parts made in so many different congressional districts ..." |
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| The military manpower shortage could lead to desperate measures ..., by David Horsey, 24 Sep 2006 |
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