SIX STOPS ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY TOUR | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Mar 12, 2023 5:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Mar 12, 2023 5:00 pm
14th & V
SIX STOPS ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY TOUR | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Join us to learn how the U.S. Military affects American communities.
Author Miriam Pemberton's book SIX STOPS ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY TOUR dives into The U.S. military economy and how it incorporates hundreds of American communities. This is the first book to connect our national security apparatus to the local level via deeply reported portraits of six carefully selected locations, including military Meccas and out-of-the-way places. They are woven into the warfare economy by bases, nuclear weapons labs, and production sites. The book includes an invaluable overview of how the military is structured, how its budget is made, and what it costs. It also shows how the military economy perpetuates itself. In on-the-ground reporting, Pemberton traces the lines of connection between the tour stops presented here and our country’s foreign policy, industrial policy, and budget priorities. She examines the meaning of national security in the current moment, as climate change becomes what the military itself calls "an urgent and growing threat." And she dramatically demonstrates how redirecting our militarized foreign and industrial policy toward climate security can help these communities become part of the solution. For students, scholars, public servants, and all concerned citizens, this book is essential reading.
Miriam Pemberton is joining us on the Busboys stage to share her experiences and discuss this new release. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Pemberton will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of SIX STOPS ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY TOUR will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and will NOT be livestreamed.
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Miriam Pemberton has studied the U.S. military economy and the means of shrinking it down to size for decades, first as Director of the National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament and then as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. With Lawrence Korb, she headed the task force that for a decade produced the annual “Unified Security Budget of the United States.” With William Hartung she edited Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War (Paradigm, 2008). She headed up the team that produced three successive versions of “Military vs. Climate Security: The Budgets Compared.” Pemberton holds a PhD from the University of Michigan.
