The material in this booklet first appeared as a series of articles printed in Workers World newspaper from May to November, 1979. Its theme is in its title. The social system under which we live is the real cause of war, and it has a "built-in" drive to foreign conquest.WAR. Since 1898, the U.S. government has sent millions of troops abroad to fight in dozens of wars. Who decided on these wars? Whose interest did they serve? What made them different from earlier wars?
This booklet should be of great interest to anyone who wants to know what really happened and why it happened, rather than the what and why that newspapers and schoolbooks tell us about the various U.S. wars of the 20th century.
About the Author
Vince Copeland was a founding member of Workers World Pary and edited the Party's paper Workers World during its first decade.
His pamphlet Expanding Empire (available at Leftbooks.com) is a good companion to this volume on the U.S. war drive. Expanding Empire examines why it is that imperialism must constantly find new areas for investment. Where The Built-in U.S. War Drive follows an historical review of U.S. wars of expansion, Expanding Empire focuses on the economic structure of imperialism.
Copeland was a steelworker and trade union militant during the forties.
World View Publishers, softcover, 103pp
