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Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew J. Bacevich is the author, most recently, of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History.

The American Military Dissected: Few Volunteer the Rest Just Watch

In his urge to ditch the draft and so dampen the still-churning antiwar movement at home, Nixon created a new kind of American force, closer to a foreign legion geared to fighting never-ending wars thousands of miles from what, post-9/11, came to be known as “the homeland.”

April 11th, 2018

By Andrew J. Bacevich

The American Military Dissected: Few Volunteer the Rest Just Watch

The purpose of all wars, is peace. So observed St. Augustine early in the first millennium A.D. Far be it from me to disagree with the esteemed Bishop of Hippo, but his crisply formulated aphorism just might require a bit of updating. I’m not a saint or even a bishop, merely an interested

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Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew J. Bacevich is the author, most recently, of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History.

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Why a Harvey Weinstein Moment Is Needed for America’s Wars

America needs a Harvey Weinstein moment to break a long-standing apathy towards war.

December 11th, 2017

By Andrew J. Bacevich

Why a Harvey Weinstein Moment Is Needed for America’s Wars

What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man to stand accused of having abused women. The Harveys who preceded Harvey himself are legion, their prominence matching or exceeding his own and the misdeeds with which they were charged at least as reprehensible. In the

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