Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich

Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich

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Challenges the conventional wisdom that American security requires the US to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe. Adopted by administrations on both sides of the political spectrum, this Washington consensus on national security has become foreign policy gospel when, according to the author, it has outlasted its usefulness.

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Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich

Challenges the conventional wisdom that American security requires the US to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe. Adopted by administrations on both sides of the political spectrum, this Washington consensus on national security has become foreign policy gospel when, according to the author, it has outlasted its usefulness.
"Tough-minded, bracing, and intelligent.. the country is lucky to have a fierce, smart peacemonger like Bacevich." (The New York Times Book Review)"

Professor of History and International Affairs at Boston University, Andrew J. Bacevich He holds a doctorate in history from Princeton and was a Bush Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He is a West Point graduate and a Vietnam veteran. He is the author of a number of books, including Washington Rules: America's Road to Perpetual War and The Limits of Power, which was a New York Times best-seller.

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ISBN 13 9780805094220
ISBN 10 0805094229
Title Washington Rules
Author Andrew Bacevich
Series American Empire Project Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc
Year published 2011-03-29
Number of pages 304
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