Book recommendations and why we believe them

Of course you should listen to any book recommendation from this site, but we haven't read this book yet. However, I did see the author on C-SPAN and the topic of his book ("Overblown") is great food for thought.

Who should we believe? The US relies on the ideology of certain civilian leadership to lead our armed forces and look where it puts us. The Media never helps the situation - do they even know what to cover and what it all means? Do they only care about frenzied reporting?

We could be making just as much of a stink about the War on Poverty, Drugs, Affordable Healthcare, etc., etc., etc., but we do not - that means someone, somewhere, is spinning reality and maybe even exaggerating (see overblown) the reality of our fears. Then again, maybe no one even knows the enormity of what we are up against and that might be the scariest part.