Addicted to War: Why The US Can't Kick Militarism, is a 77 letter-sized page "illustrated exposé" by Joel Andreas published by Frank Dorrel with AK Press in 2002 (ISBN 1-904859-02-X). Originally published in 1991, the book was out of print until Dorrel convinced Andreas to create an updated, post-9/11 version.
The book tells the history of U.S. foreign wars — from the Indian Wars to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — in a comic book format. Including 161 reference notes, the book aims to demonstrate why the U.S. has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country, and to explain who benefits from these military adventures, who pays and who dies.
On the book front matter is printed a list of personalities who have praised it (those with an asterisk(*) next to their name have served in the U.S. military):
Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of Linguistics, and author
Howard Zinn*, author of A People's History of the United States
Fernando Suarez del Solar, whose son, Jesús, died fighting in Iraq, March 2003
Ron Kovic*, Vietnam veteran, author of Born on the Fourth of July
Martin Sheen, actor, activist
Susan Sarandon, actress, activist
Ramsey Clark*, former Attorney General of the United States, author of The Fire This Time: U.S War Crimes in the Gulf War
Rich Gibson, Marxist educator and co-founder of the Rouge Forum
Helen Caldicott, Pediatrician and author of Missile Envy
Woody Harrelson, actor, activist
S. Brian Willson*, Vietnam Veterans for Peace
Kathy Kelly, Founder of Voices in the Wilderness
Jeanmarie Simpson, Founder of the Nevada Shakespeare Company
Father Roy Bourgeois*, Founder of School of the Americas Watch
Rev. James Lawson, Colleague of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1957–1968
Michael Parenti, author of Democracy for the Few
Medea Benjamin and Kevin Danaher Co-founders of Global Exchange
Patch Adams, M.D., Founder of Gesundheit! Institute, Vietnam war-era conscientious objector
Wilson (Woody) Powell*, Executive Director of Veterans for Peace
William Blum, author of Killing Hope and Rogue State
Blasé Bonpane,* Ph.D., Director, Office of the Americas
Edward Asner*, actor, activist
Michael Franti, musician, Spearhead
Michael Ruppert, former LAPD narcotics officer
Kris Kristofferson*, singer/songwriter
The late U.S. Army Col. James B. Burkholder*
Russell Means, American Indian patriot
The book has been translated into a number of languages, including:
Czech: Válečná Závislost / Ilustrovaný průvodce militarismem USA
Danish: Afhængig af krig: hvorfor USA ikke kan give slip på militarismen!
Dutch: Oorlogsjunks: Waarom de VS het militarisme niet kan laten
Hungarian: Háborúfüggők Miért nem tud az USA kiszállni a fegyverkezésből?
Italian: Guerradipendenti: Perché gli Usa non possono fare a meno del militarismo
Finnish: Koukussa sotaan : miksi USA ei pääse irti militarismista?
German: Süchtig nach Krieg. Warum die USA nicht aufhören können, Krieg zu führen
Spanish: Adictos a la Guerra (Spain), Adicto a la Guerra: Por Que EEUU No Puede Librarse del Militarismo(AK Press, USA)
Hindi: 'युद्ध से लगाव(India)'
The first foreign-language edition was that of Japanese, in October 2002, by political activist Yumi Kikuchi. Andreas had not thought that his book would resonate with a foreign audience.
