{"product_id":"9781836741770","title":"Washington Is Burning : Corruption and Lies in The Age of Trump","description":"Author(s): Cockburn, Andrew, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 17\/03\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Verso Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Verso Books,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Reportage \u0026amp; collected journalism,\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 162 x 244 x 27\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9781836741770\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraft 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cockburn, Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56455285145986,"sku":"9781836741770","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781836741770_efb9e849-90f9-42a0-ab06-5c80e025edb0.jpg?v=1775909143","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9781836741770","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}