An anatomy of the U.S. military's new six-point program for twenty-first-century war. -- From the publisher.

"A Dispatch Books project"--Cover.

The changing face of empire -- Uncovering the military's secret military -- America's empire of drone bases -- Arming Mideast autocrats -- The Pentagon's training missions -- Prisons, drones, and black ops in Afghanistan -- Shadow wars in Africa -- Washington puts its money on proxy war -- How the United States creates global instability -- What the U.S. military can't do.