Drift Rachel Maddow Analysis

*Rachel Maddow 's “Drift” is about America and how we have dealt with ars and the price tag they hold. “Drift” also gives insight into what these wars have done to the countries stricken with death and violence. Maddow 's has many sound arguments in her book, and has provided facts to back up her opinions. The most important argument I believe she brought up was, how the life of soldiers and civilians in war-torn countries has been effected and how that has changed over the century. *In maddow’s book, she talks about how drones were commonly used by the us military and how they would have to contemplate dropping the bombs attached to them, when their target was in the same blast range as a hospital, church, or even a school. Even though they tried to keep the innocent civilians out of wars path, they sometimes had to do the unthinkable. The drones caused tension and stress with the locals for they feared they would have no home to go back to once the wars were over. These people lived in war torn areas, that always faced gunfire, and bomb threats from both sides of the war. These areas are also known as …show more content…
An example of this is the Vietnam War from 1955-1975. During that time, the fighting was held in the jungle and even in open areas that had locals living there. The fighting from both sides destroyed small villages and most of the innocent villagers living there. The war zones were in front of families raising their children and soldiers on both sides saw the damage that was caused due to the war. This started affecting soldier mentally. In the battle of Khe Sanh , PAVN had led a 77 day firefight with US and allies. This left many men severely injured and left most of them in shock as grenades dropped all around them, leaving to push on and leave fellow soldiers behind until there was a clearing to take them to