How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

“A dynamic work of reportage” ( The New York Times ) written “with clarity and...wit” ( The New York Times Book Review ) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Af