# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Event, Ben Freeman, Trillion Dollar War Machine
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: America spends nearly $1 trillion a year on its military. Where does all that money actually go, and who's getting rich off it?

In The Trillion Dollar War Machine, William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman follow the money: from Pentagon giants like Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to the lobbyists working Congress, to the media and Hollywood deals that help sell the public on endless war. Publishers Weekly called it "a damning indictment of the conflicts of interest running rampant in the defense establishment." 

Come hear Ben Freeman, director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute, talk about how the war machine actually works and what it would take to slow it down. Book signing to follow.

Friday, August 28th at 1 PM 
Persnickety Books, 703 E. Davis St, Burlington
This is a free event on the second floor of Persnickety Books and is not accessible for people with mobility issues.

Ben Freeman is director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute. Ben is the co-author, with William Hartung, of the recently released The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/burlington/author-event-ben-freeman-trillion-dollar-war-machine/200030521043146
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Burlington
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 703 E. Davis St, Burlington, NC, United States, North Carolina 27215
- **lat**: 36.08699
- **long**: -79.43114
- **full address**: 703 E. Davis St, Burlington, NC, United States, North Carolina 27215

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Author Event, Ben Freeman, Trillion Dollar War Machine being held?
  - **A:** Author Event, Ben Freeman, Trillion Dollar War Machine takes place on Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 01:00 pm at 703 E. Davis St, Burlington, NC, United States, North Carolina 27215.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Author Event, Ben Freeman, Trillion Dollar War Machine?
  - **A:** Author Event, Ben Freeman, Trillion Dollar War Machine is organized by Persnickety Books, LLC.

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