Title:
Breach of trust : how Americans failed their soldiers and their country / Andrew J. Bacevich.
Author:
Bacevich, Andrew J.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2013.
Call Number:
E181 .B15 2013
Abstract:
Bacevich takes stock of the separation between Americans and their military, tracing its origins to the Vietnam era and exploring its pernicious implications: a nation with an abiding appetite for war waged at enormous expense by a standing army demonstrably unable to achieve victory. Rather than something for "other people" to do, Bacevich argues that national defense should become the business of "we the people."
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780805082968
Series:
American empire project
American empire project.
Physical Description:
xii, 238 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Nation at war. People's war ; The great decoupling ; Tallying up -- Warrior's plight. America's army ; Comes the revolution ; Searching for dragons to slay ; Coping with chaos -- Skin in the game. Smedley and friends ; Winners and losers ; Trahison des clercs ; Droning on ; American characters.
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