Washington Is Burning : Corruption and Lies in The Age of Trump

Author(s): Cockburn, Andrew,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 17/03/2026,
Pagination: 304 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Verso Books,
Published By: Verso Books,
Book Classification: Reportage & collected journalism,
Dimensions: 162 x 244 x 27
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781836741770

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Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington - a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system.

Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development.

The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.