Four Wars

From Mel Barney's website: FOUR WARS: How America's Neglected Infrastructure Is Stealing Your Futureis a book about how national will and world events over the past eight decades impacted one man and one American family. Born on the eve of the Great Depression, Mel Barney faced sacrifice during World War II and met the challenges of the Cold War by helping his country to maintain global leadership through advanced military technology. He played an active role in the development of the covert military weapons systems which established the groundwork for US-Soviet détante. After conquering the Great Depression and winning WWII and the Cold War, Americans are now engaged in a global economic war. While the rest of the world invests their resources in building the tools of the future, America remains focused on one foreign war after another. Will we allow our crumbling infrastructure, antiquated industrial capacity, and underfunded educational system to destroy the hopes of our children and grandchildren? WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will understand the FOUR WARS that have affected and will affect your future. WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will better understand the economic and political history of the last eighty years. WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will be enlightened politically and economically and entertained. WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will better understand how your country REALLY works. WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will prepare yourself for the next time you enter the polling booth. WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK you will understand what has worked and what has not worked in politics and economics during the last eight decades.