{"id":2261448,"date":"2024-06-06T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hit-on-woke-pentagon-pushes-new-pete-hegseth-book-to-no-1\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:03:29","slug":"hit-on-woke-pentagon-pushes-new-pete-hegseth-book-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hit-on-woke-pentagon-pushes-new-pete-hegseth-book-to-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New book by Pete Hegseth reaches No. 1 with Pentagon&#8217;s &#8216;woke&#8217; support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhit-on-woke-pentagon-pushes-new-pete-hegseth-book-to-no-1%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pete Hegseth&#8217;s latest book, &#8220;The War On Warriors,&#8221; critiques the Pentagon&#8217;s shift towards social issues over warfighting, garnering immediate bestseller status\u200b on Amazon.\u2064 Hegseth&#8217;s candid take \u200bresonates with\u2063 veterans and military families, highlighting the impact of liberal ideologies\u2064 on military readiness. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-sheds-light-on-american-leaders-ties-to-china\/\" title=\"New Book Sheds Light On American Leaders\u2019 Ties To China\">book sheds light<\/a> on the erosion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-attack-sen-eric-schmitt-for-fighting-dei-racism-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Media Criticize Sen. Eric Schmitt for Opposing DEI Policies in Armed Forces\">traditional military values<\/a> under current leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/h\/pete-hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Hegseth\u2019s<\/a> latest poke at \u201cwoke\u201d America, this time the growing politically correct culture inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pentagon\">Pentagon<\/a>, has given him a new immediate bestseller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Warriors-Behind-Betrayal-Keep\/dp\/0063389428\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1854K98UAZU2R&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A42MMedmFXl1ag1hZPuq6KqwjT7BXLjv-_Yq61FgEN5IC6_C1t-lwzvUqxzSjmonV9R9j4HlWwO8ADnVnmo4bkVidqiaLH83Cw9hvfdmWYc0Vnf5ima5zfTGPg0YhcYUkjnC6-gKZMEqEIhgAXXFxvW9RtZF1ERtNVgGPeyHplFnD8WpVUTgcdfMy257OSitn8_BTmkvJ-b0n3gaZNAFle6mA0PJbQf_W2Plz0GZf5U.WsUmpJzYru9yh55eiaxdzxGBaLsMaVbh3D8sZ6rIYRA&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=pete+hegseth+books&#038;qid=1717694370&#038;s=books&#038;sprefix=pete+he%2Cstripbooks%2C98&#038;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>The War On Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free<\/em><\/a>  soared to No. 1 on Amazon in its debut this week and sits at No. 2 just three days into his whirlwind book tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response has been humbling,\u201d Hegseth told Secrets on Thursday. He said veterans and military families have been flooding his email inbox and phone messages to thank him for blasting the military\u2019s shift from a focus on warfighting to social matters such as diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just thank you for writing this book. You\u2019re finally saying what all of us have been thinking. We just needed someone to say it, that this is what\u2019s going on at a big level. And it\u2019s been edifying,\u201d the co-host of <em>Fox &#038; Friends Weekend<\/em> said.<\/p>\n<p>It is the <em>New York Times <\/em>bestselling author\u2019s latest book targeting liberal ideology taking over society. His 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Battle-American-Mind-Uprooting-Miseducation\/dp\/0063215047\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;pd_rd_w=3YFQJ&#038;content-id=amzn1.sym.f911c8db-3a2b-4b3e-952f-b80fdcee83f4&#038;pf_rd_p=f911c8db-3a2b-4b3e-952f-b80fdcee83f4&#038;pf_rd_r=144-2193330-6979516&#038;pd_rd_wg=FBqjK&#038;pd_rd_r=b9d26342-a7b6-4d88-8850-4f077e367145&#038;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation<\/em><\/a>, was also a bestseller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Warriors-Behind-Betrayal-Keep\/dp\/0063389428\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1854K98UAZU2R&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A42MMedmFXl1ag1hZPuq6KqwjT7BXLjv-_Yq61FgEN5IC6_C1t-lwzvUqxzSjmonV9R9j4HlWwO8ADnVnmo4bkVidqiaLH83Cw9hvfdmWYc0Vnf5ima5zfTGPg0YhcYUkjnC6-gKZMEqEIhgAXXFxvW9RtZF1ERtNVgGPeyHplFnD8WpVUTgcdfMy257OSitn8_BTmkvJ-b0n3gaZNAFle6mA0PJbQf_W2Plz0GZf5U.WsUmpJzYru9yh55eiaxdzxGBaLsMaVbh3D8sZ6rIYRA&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=pete+hegseth+books&#038;qid=1717694370&#038;s=books&#038;sprefix=pete+he%2Cstripbooks%2C98&#038;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>The War On Warriors<\/em><\/a>, published by Fox News Books, details his years in the military and the \u201cwoke\u201d policies he witnessed that Hegseth believes are driving down recruitment, quality, and military readiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was happening over decades, mostly over the last two decades, but it\u2019s been on hyperspeed under [President Joe] Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdeologues have dug in, and they\u2019ve got the leadership of the Pentagon right where they want them, already compromised to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-the-establishment-is-running-out-of-cannon-fodder-for-its-woke-military\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: The Establishment Is Running Out of Cannon Fodder for Its Woke Military\">social justice nonsense<\/a>, and now unable to fight back against the craziest stuff. So, they just continue to go along with it, and you see DEI and [critical race theory] and the gender stuff even more embedded into the way the Defense Department operates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth told us he believes former President Donald Trump is the only presidential candidate who can stop the shift, fire \u201cwoke\u201d generals, and return the Pentagon back to soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows personnel is policy,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason not to go to the mat at this point across all the institutions, with the Department of Justice and the Defense Department being at the top of the list of places you need to bring back in and align with our Constitution, with our values, and befitting asking men and women to give their life for it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pete Hegseth has a great new book out \u2013 The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1SlPVpjBe\">https:\/\/t.co\/z1SlPVpjBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklevinshow\/status\/1798147151916089378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hegseth predicted that the left media would assail any change Trump wants, but he said that a return to tradition and performance is necessary in the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a purge. It\u2019s not a MAGA takeover. It\u2019s reforming the institution back to its core purposes and getting rid of all the nonsense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is the man to do it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth was eyed for a top job, including secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the first Trump administration. He is not pushing for a role in a second Trump administration should the former president win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider myself an information warrior. You know, try to tell the story better than the other guy. My plan is to keep doing that. We\u2019ll see what happens, but if he wins, he\u2019ll have a lot of choices on his hands,\u201d the veteran said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth&#8217;s critique of &#8220;woke&#8221; culture within the Pentagon catapults his book, &#8220;The War On Warriors,&#8221; to an instant bestseller. Debuting at No. 1 on Amazon, the book challenges political correctness and honors the sacrifices of those who defend freedom, currently holding the No. 2 spot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2261449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24017569970509.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24017569970509.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}