House of War

<p><strong>"A masterful achievement...[Carroll's] prose is elegant, his viewpoint bold." Howard Zinn, author of <em>The People's History of the United States</em></strong></p><p><strong>"One cannot understand the impact of the Pentagon on US foreign policy. . . without reading James Carroll's <em>House of War</em>." Lawrence Korb, former Undersecretary of Defence under Ronald Reagan</strong></p><p><strong>From the National Book Awardwinning author of <em>An American Requiem</em> and <em>Constantine's Sword</em> comes a sweeping yet intimate look at the Pentagon and its vastoften hiddenimpact on America.</strong></p><p>This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. James Carroll proves a controversial thesis: the Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institutio