Drift Book Reviews

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Brings faith in our country back into perspective.. At 70 and having been actively involved in trying to be a responsible citizen,I have been getting discouraged about our future as a respectable country. You can begin to think that the only good decisions made by our leaders must always be based on greed. It's refreshing to see that someone else is also noticing and identifying the errors in following misguided political goals of a country that used to be such a good example of how a free society could cohabit ate on this earth. Excellent work young lady. You've been doing a lot of very commendable work for some time now. Keep it up. Thanks from Chuck.

Amazing and Unnerving!. A must read for all Americans

Outstandingly scary... Scarily outstanding. When you read this volume, you will laugh, you will cry, you will sting and wish you could die, but MOSTLY, you will wonder WHY !

Exceptional. I cannot put into words how essential information like this is to the people of the United States. We have truly lost our way and have become complacent, largely due to cheap food and products from Wal-Mart. Products that are enriching other countries but not our own. Our government is a commodity for the rich to buy and control for their own profits. The privatization of the armed services and secret services are probably the most dangerous and damaging elements of our democracy. Thank you, Rachel, for having the guts to publish such a book. I hope everyone reads it. Dr. Maurice Cayem

Just finished...My thoughts. Rachel Maddow, ever thoughtful, delivers a very cogent and insightful perspective on the drift of America's policy on warfare, and the processes that are engaged in coming to that dreadful conclusion.

Fair and balanced.... ...it really is. Unlike, well...you know. A scholarly, rational, thoroughly readable and relentlessly entertaining book. Her conversational style draws you in and holds your attention. Agree or disagree, this book should be required reading for everyone in government. It will provoke discussion.

Nothing wrong with it. I'm a big fan of the authors commentary and opinions. In large part because she thoroughly researches her information, is well versed on the topics and infuses just the right amount of humor to compliment her superior intellectualism. This volume is certainly no different, however, I found most of the content a bit dry and actually over analyzed. Although there are fascinating sections such as the defense budget numbers, nuclear industry status, and executive branch overreach these are brief. I feel the book lacked a certain cohesiveness and compelling appeal. Worth the read, but hard pressed to recommend it.

From a conservative. While a disagree with Rachel on a lot of matters I think on this subject she is echoing the concerns of many of the Ron Paul/libertarian/old school conservative types.

Touching, inspiring, informative, and patriotic peppered with a witty sense of humor!. Thanks, Rachel! Great read (especially the "Spice Isle" chapter)! It's been about 13 years since I felt this way about any book. I'm sure I speak for all patrons when I say, "more, please?"

So relevant! Please read before reviews!. Why do we read conservative books and try to engage debate when they do this every time?? This is not 'lefty elitist' or a conspiracy, it's the truth to anyone who pays attention with her valid analysis! What is wrong w that?

Horrible. How does someone basically rant and blabber on incoherently and get paid for it? guess I'll have to ask this author. Just awful pseudo social science. It's like some bad coffee house debate team held a publishing company at gun point. Don't bother.

Myth busting. Maddow does a superb job of revealing how far we have drifted from the dreams of the country's founders: Constituional protections against the imperial presidency have been eroded by those who pretend to be staunch constitutionalists. Ronald Regan's presidency is revealed for what it was. And outsourcing has been used to hide the pain and price of war. If you didn't know how destructive today's republican party has been before you read this book, you will after finishing it. Maddox is a huge talent.

Rachel Maddow is no Barbara Tuchman!. Her book makes virtually NO mention of the United States' involvement in World War One under Woodrow Wilson, which is actually THE defining event of our extensive intervention in military matters beyond our borders. Maddow's book is lazy, snarky, amateurish and irrelevant. (Yes, I have read it - to the degree I could suffer it.)

Awesome Read. This book is informative. I never knew how much the war policies changed since ww2.

Easy politics. Rachel makes politics interesting by using humor and frankness. I hope she is writing another book. Love her style !

Awesome!!. Excellently written! It's a must-read.

Insightful. Rachel is one of the smartest political stars of our time. She is insightful and funny. She does her homework and presents this snippet in History with facts which puts our Military complex in perspective. The people pulling the strings have been with us for 30 years and it's time for a new order. Thank you Rachel for a Real History Lesson. A must read!

Horrible Book. I am glad Rachel Maddow has no influence on Foreign Policy and National Security. Too bad MSNBC provides her a platform to spew her venom. This book fails to accept the reality of the dangerous world in which we live.

Super!. Great book with the whit and smarts you get with Maddow! Super job!

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. I am a bit disapointed in this book so far. I was expecting this book to start a much needed discussion on how the country, for the most part, has not been in support of the men & women of the military. Rachel Madow puts out plenty of good factoids in the book that any soldier could use in any good academic paper or civilian to open their eyes to the percentages of the population at any time that has served in the military. Also she shows how the country has changed the way it wages it's wars. I will give her that. I am a two time combat veteran & I see the indifferance in my own family. Sad to say!! In my eyes the common person is more concerned with their own needs & they forget that if it wasn't for the people in the military that give their blood, sweat, tears to give the common person their rights, freedoms & liberties that this country was founded on that they may be living a very different life. I myself have lost brothers in arms since 9/11 for they are family to me & know the price of freedom firsthand. War or armed conflict should always be the last resort for life is far to dam precious. The old adage is so true "War is hell & people die". To me that is what this book should have been about.

A true genius. Maddow's genius, brilliance and wit have the capability to change the world. This book of hers provides the platform to do so. When asked who I would want to meet whether s/he is living or dead, I always say, "Rachel Maddow." She is a one-of-a-kind person and an immense gift to the world.

Good book. I don't understand how some or one person thinks that facts and truth are disgraceful? I must have missed the part of the book that wanted the U.S. to bail out the financial system. I thought it was about the power to wage war. I don't think moldybread would just make something like that up.

Insightful. An absolute must read! Rachel may not be the nations best writer however she may be the nations best thinker. Rachel is destined to be one of the best political intellectuals of all times. Charlie Rose place her on your interview list pronto! Dale Simmons

Drift. A compelling work that keeps calling you back for more unbelievable facts. Good writing Rachel. How about those atomic bombs just laying around. Parts being sent out of the country unknowingly. Wow. Sleep tight!!!

Drift. Rachel Maddow for president.

Not so bad.. It’s about military power.

Interesting & Informative. Well written, well researched & well reasoned account of how this once great nation failed to heed Eisenhower's warning and allowed the Military-Industrial Complex to bankrupt us both financally & morally.

Excellent as usual from Rachel. Great reading. Unfortunately, the eBook is missing pages at the end of a few chapters, which was extremely frustrating. I really wanted to know what came after. Other than that, the book is well-written and definitely in her voice. She has shown to be as exacting a researcher for her book as she is for her TV show. She doesn't really say too much that I wasn't aware of, either literally, or instinctually, however, she gives the backstory so that I know more of WHY it happened as it has. She has this capacity to explain even the most complex arguments in a very clear, concise way. She also pulls no punches. We need that now more than ever. Keep up the good work girl!

Smart and insightful. I highly recommend this well written, thoughtful book. Maddow's research was evident as you read/listen. She brings up many great points that we shoud be debating. The reviewers who came here just to attack Ms. Maddow without reading the book need to be ignored. This is not an anti-military book. This is about restoring our ideals to what the founders had in mind....which was not perpetual war.

America aDrift!. Thank you Ms. Maddow for your research. Unfortunately, the people who need to read this book will not read it. The idiots in the South are too busy bashing your personal life, rather than focusing on what the corporate warlords are doing to them and their livelihood. The fact that all media is owned by just 6 companies in this country is the number 1 reason why we have reached a pathetic state. I'm afraid it's too late to convince the stupid.

Time To Return to Democracy. What a brilliantly researched book about the evolution of the interface of our government and our military. I can't help but worry what our country will become if we continue to "Drift" on our current path. Kudos to Rachel Maddow!

Disappointing. Don't waste your cash

Must Read. In "Drift", Ms. Maddow brings her usual wit, humor and formidable intelligence to bear on the state of our military, our government and private contractors and their place in the modern world. If you enjoy her fresh perspectives and intelligent insights nightly on her MSNBC show, this book will most definitely not disappoint. Fair warning: Ms. Maddow, quite rightly, serves up some bitter (albeit necessary) medicine: you will learn more about Ronald Reagan than you ever would have liked to, even if (like me) you're a political junkie and lived through the disaster that was his administration.

Great read!. For anyone and everyone!

Do NOT Buy. I like RM, and I like the book.it would be nice to read it. Unfortunately I bought my copy from iTunes. I won't make that mistake again. The book is missing several pages and is a complete mess. I'll buy the book somewhere else. I will NOT be buying any further books from iTunes.

Well done. Insightful. Somewhat alarming as you read it. Facts are facts,though. "Drift" points out a cultural shift in Washington that has occurred in the US over the last 40 years. It illustrates one more example of how Congress has been marginalized over the last half century. And this marginalization, along with big donor influence, has forced Congress into partisan fox holes and debates I am sure cause the framers to roll over. Not just defense debates, either.

Great read. Fascinating look at modern military history. A must read.

Drift. Well written, disturbing, important to read and share

Part of White House propaganda machine. This from a person who is part of the problem. I might believe her if occasionally she disagreed with WH policies on the air.

Thorough investigation. She dug deeply to investigate and reveal a dangerous situation that imperils our country, what is left of our democracy, and our world. But she doesn't just tell the bad news; she tells us a way out. A fantastic book, written like she's talking to you, totally readable and interesting.

great read. insightful, intelligent read full of history/policy.

Drift. Searing indictment of how we have gone off the rails militarily. Patriotic at its core, funny on the surface, scary at its core. A must read. A very important concise study and solutions filled book.

A must-read. Drift's main premise is that of the expanded Executive power to "declare war" that has been happening since LBJ. Maddow has researched extensively and gets her facts straight, but the book reads like a novel. It doesn't matter whether your political leanings are left, right or centrist, this book aims spears at all Presidents, taking the time to detail just how America drifted off the course set for us by our Constitution beginning in the latter half of the 20th century. Read this book, then go vote.

Terrific book. I learned so much from this book...I am now on a mission to delve further into this crazy machine that we refer to as war. Thank you Ms. Maddow for a wonderful and oft humorous look at our country.

Cast Away. Drift is a meticulously written account of how America's military power has slowly moved away from where it had once rested, and where it ought to rest. Maddow's argument leans neither left nor right, uses witty analogies to bring light to the obscurities of policies, and convinces the reader that the decision to go to war has become too easy. Drift is a pearl in a vast ocean of partisan, argumentative books. Maddow's tone and iconic style reflect not only her place as "The Wonk Who Won Primetime", but as a thoughtful and astute citizen with real concerns for the future of America. -- Jehna Devraj

Great book, but pages missing from this version. Maddow's book offers a sharp analysis of the process by which successive administrations have cut America free from carefully constructed constitutional provisions intended to hamper war-making. She describes how presidents and their advisors, and politically minded congresses, have allowed (encouraged?) the consolidation the USA's potent military power in the hands of the commander in chief, and isolated the public from the process of war by turning the dirty work over to shady contractors. Very good book, written in Rachel's witty and timely voice. But there are several pages missing in this version from itunes, which is a real bummer! I give it five stars because the book is worth reading. I give iTunes no stars for leaving out pages.

A bit far fetched. Extremely disappointed in this book. Everything written seems so out in left field. Although I am not a conservative the points made in this book are totally ridiculous.

Careful unbiased assessment. Coming from an enlisted military perspective having been serving for the last 10 years and through 2 yearlong deployments to Iraq, I felt Ms. Maddow gave an honest and unbiased assessment of our country's growing military/civilian divide. A good read.

Great Read. This should be required reading for everyone. Really an outstanding book based on facts, not invented rhetoric.

Drift. Outstanding!

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I Love Rachel. Rachel is the absolute Best

Drift. Despite the apparently casual style of writing, both the premise of the book and the historical analysis are thoughtfully presented and carefully documented. There is cogent evidence that the U.S.A. has allowed its war making apparatus to fall from the jurisdiction of Congress into a Presidential prerogative while, at the same time, the military believes their fighting edge can only be maintained by continual real combat. Hence, the country which was originally structurally organized to favor peace is now drifting into a nation inclined to war. Whether you are an old "lefty", like me, or an arch conservative, there is much here to think about. A good read for any student of politics and history. KHPH, Barrister & Solicitor Canada