VIDEO - The US National Security State

In this video, Professor Michael Klare provides a primer on the US National Security State, also known as the US War Machine. What is the US National Security States size and reach? What are its main components? What are the overarching principles it seeks to achieve?

Michael Klare, Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies and senior visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association at Hampshire College, holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute. He has written widely on US military policy, international peace and security affairs, the global arms trade, and global resource politics. He has written fifteen books, including Resource Wars (Holt, 2001), Blood and Oil (Gardners, 2004), The Race for What's Left (Holt, 2012), and All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change (Holt, 2019). His articles have appeared in many journals, including Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Current History, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The Nation, The National Interest, Newsweek, Scientific American, and Technology Review.