Battlefield America

The War on the American People

By: John W. Whitehead, Ron Paul - foreword

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

In Battlefield America: The War on the American People, the follow-up to his award-winning book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead paints a terrifying portrait of a nation at war with itself and which is on the verge of undermining the basic freedoms guaranteed to the citizenry in the Constitution. Indeed, police have been transformed into extensions of the military, towns and cities have become battlefields, and the American people have been turned into enemy combatants, to be spied on, tracked, scanned, frisked, searched, subjected to all manner of intrusions, intimidated, invaded, raided, manhandled, censored, silenced, shot at, locked up, and denied due process.

Yet this police state did not come about overnight. As Whitehead notes, this shift into totalitarianism cannot be traced back to a single individual or event. Rather, the evolution has been so subtle that most American citizens were hardly even aware of it taking place. Yet little by little, police authority expanded, one weapon after another was added to the police arsenal, and one exception after another was made to the standards that have historically restrained police authority. Add to this mix the merger of Internet megacorporations with government intelligence agencies, and you have the making of an electronic concentration camp that not only sees the citizenry as databits but will attempt to control every aspect of their lives. And if someone dares to step out of line, they will most likely find an armed SWAT team at their door.

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A sobering reality

This is a well written and well researched book which peels back the veneer of the police state which our great nation has become, revealing the unseemly underbelly of it all.
It is sobering in the sense that you get that the fox is already running the hen house, but it also gives some cause for hope because of the voices such as John Whitehead, Ron and Rand Paul and others
Well worth reading.

Jay

This accounts all the trends towards greater government control for what appears to be good reason. But the point is all of this, in the wrong hands, can too easily be used against us. Very good insight of obvious trends regarding the police state and a controlling corporate world as well.

Wake up, America

This is a thoroughly well-documented exposition of current-day America and American fascism. Resist. Carefully. Non-violently.

A good listen but...

This was a very informative book. The narration is pleasant and engaging. However the author repeats statistics and incidents several times across many chapters. I do agree with the main point, that we are living in unprecedented times where we are surveiled 24/7 with little we can do to stop it. However I draw issue his apparent conclusion that cops (I'm not sure if he feels all cops) are part of a standing army, waiting to do the bidding of their government masters and his disdain for 'military grade' weapons and supplies being on the streets. While I do agree that most police departments probably don't need a tank, I feel very strongly that the average citizen has the right to have one should they have the means and ability. All in all a good book and worth the listen.

Great Book Easy to Understand and to the Point

Information everyone should know but sadly most don't or deny about the world they live in.

The hunt is on, and we are the prey!

A very eye-opening account of the assault on America, by people who feign to have America's interest at heart. We are heading for some very troubling times, some of which we are seeing manifested since this book has been published. Put your armor on!

Time to wake up! Must read!

There is so much good information here from a book written over five years ago. You would think it was written last week. Take a chance at this and consider the clear evidence.

The battle against our freedoms

This book contains things that most of us 'amused to death' Americans need to be made aware of.

best dystopian non fiction book to date

The contents of this book arent a shock to most people who live on the lower rungs of the American social ladder. The information contained in this book might seem far fetched or paranoid to the higher rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. This information should be known. It should be common knowledge. This isn't your typical right wing racist, anti-semitic conspiracy drivel. This isnt conspiracy theory at all. Its an objective assessment of the state of the nation and in all applicable ways, the world. This is a wake up call. I cant reccomend this book more.

THIS BOOK IS A GAME CHANGER

I LOVED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT REALLY CAUSED ME TO THINK THE ISSUES AND CREATE A ROAD MAP OF HOW I WILL APPROACH THE FUTURE. THAT IS IN LIGHT OF LIVING IN AN EVOLVING MODERN WORLD THAT IS TIGHTING A NOOSE AROUND OUR NECKS.