March 6, 2012
New From The American Empire Project We Meant Well How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van Buren From a State Department insider, the first book recounting our misguided efforts to rebuild Iraq—a shocking and rollicking true-life cross between Catch-22 and The Ugly American Read [...]
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February 23, 2012
Noam Chomsky, Imperial Hegemony and Its Discontents Posted by Noam Chomsky at 9:16am, February 15, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Noam Chomsky’s latest TomDispatch post ends today, but TomDispatch, of course, goes on. In the coming weeks, expect new posts from Andrew Bacevich, Rebecca Solnit, Michael Klare, Nick Turse, Karen J. Greenberg, and [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Arab Spring, Greater Middle East, iPod, Michael Klare, Noam Chomsky, Rebecca Solnit, United State
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February 23, 2012
Andrew Bacevich, Uncle Sam, Global Gangster Posted by Andrew Bacevich at 8:13am, February 19, 2012. If all goes as planned, it will be the happiest of wartimes in the U.S.A. Only the best of news, the killing of the baddest of the evildoers, will ever filter back to our world. After all, American [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, iPod, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Spencer Ackerman, Uncle Sam, United State, United States Navy SEALs, War on Terror
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December 30, 2011
This is the link to the video: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/empire/2011/12/2011122285418789367.html The US has the world’s biggest economy, the most influential culture, and the most potent military machine, with a budget that equals that of all other nations combined. It is the only power with a global project defended and supported by more aircraft carriers, Fortune 500 companies, and [...]
Tags: American Studies, Andrew Bacevich, Boston University, Cold War, Cynthia Enloe, International relations, Martin Wolf, United State
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December 20, 2011
Bacevich: After Iraq, War is U.S. Editor’s Note: Andrew J. Bacevich is Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. This post is one of four from the Council on Foreign Relations in response to the question, Was the Iraq War worth it? By Andrew Bacevich As framed, the question invites a sober comparison of [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, Council on Foreign Relations, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, United States
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December 13, 2011
Iraq: No Comfort in Being Right by Kelley B. Vlahos, December 13, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In 18 days, the last of the remaining U.S. forces will have left Iraq. So far, no fanfare has heralded this significant event, which has been quiet and orderly — nothing like the “shock and awe” of [...]
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Andrew Bacevich, Cold War, Dick Cheney, Frederick Kagan, Iraq, Iraq War, Kurdistan Regional Government, Nouri al-Maliki, United State
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December 2, 2011
The American Empire Project Americans have long believed that the very notion of empire is an offense against our democratic heritage, yet in recent months, these two words — American empire — have been on everyone’s lips. At this moment of unprecedented economic and military strength, the leaders of the United States have embraced imperial [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Buren, Chalmers Johnson, James Peck, Military, Peter Van Buren, United State, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
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November 13, 2011
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Passing of the Postwar Era Posted by Andrew Bacevich at 5:32pm, November 13, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Many thanks to those of you who sent in $75 contributions for a signed copy of my new book, The United States of Fear, or $140 for a signed two-pack, including my previous book, The [...]
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September 9, 2011
The Cold War and Long War are over—it’s time to return to reality. By Andrew Bacevich | September 7, 2011 The tide of war is receding. … It is time to focus on nation building here at home. —President Obama, June 22 Ideology makes people stupid. Employing ideology as the basis for policy is [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Cold War, George W. Bush, Madeleine Albright, New York Times, Richard Perle, September 11 attacks, United State, United States, Warfare and Conflict
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August 13, 2011
USA: United Saviors for All by: Thomas Vincent , Contributing Writer Book Review: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War Printer-Friendly Version Like it? Share it! After reading a few chapters of “Washington Rules,” it might seem mystifying why its author is not more of a rising star in Washington politics. Andrew Bacevich [...]
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Posted in US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US life and the military, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War means war, War on Islam and Muslims, War on terror | No Comments »
July 28, 2011
Ballpark Liturgy: America’s New Civic Religion Cheap Grace at Fenway By Andrew Bacevich Fenway Park, Boston, July 4, 2011. On this warm summer day, the Red Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays. First come pre-game festivities, especially tailored for the occasion. The ensuing spectacle — a carefully scripted encounter between the armed forces and [...]
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July 23, 2011
Andrew Bacevich on America’s path to permanent war July 20, 2011 The seemingly bitter struggle between Republicans and Democrats is just political theater concealing a long-standing, bi-partisan determination to spend the nation into oblivion, with the self-serving and counter-productive excuse that national security demands it. That’s the belief of Andrew Bacevich, a career U.S. Army [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Dennis Kucinich, Gulf War, Jan C. Ting, United State, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Capitalism and debt, Imperial Project, Imperialism, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime | No Comments »
July 20, 2011
Christian Parenti, Staff of Life, Bread of Death Posted by Christian Parenti at 9:55am, July 19, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: I have a special summer offer today. Christian Parenti is new to this site, but not to readers of the Nation and other magazines for his fine reporting, often from war zones. His new book, [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Bishkek, Christian Parenti, Climate change, iPod, Naomi Klein, Sinai Peninsula, TomDispatch.com
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July 17, 2011
The Story Behind the Permanent War by Anthony Gregory, Posted July 15, 2011 Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War by Andrew J. Bacevich (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010), 286 pages. During the last decade, left-liberals accused the controversial Bush administration of a wickedness, arrogance, and incompetence that supposedly set that presidency apart from others [...]
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June 6, 2011
Tomgram: Michael Klare, How to Wreck a Planet 101 Posted by Michael Klare at 4:04pm, June 5, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Here’s a first for this site: Adam Hochschild’s new book,To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, now a New York Times bestseller, is also hitting other bestseller lists and getting fabulous [...]
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Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Carbon Tax, Climate, Climate change, Climate denial, Coal, debate and discussion, Democracy, Dirty Energy, Dissent, Elites, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fracking, Imperial Project, Imperialism, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths | No Comments »
June 5, 2011
Perpetual War Is a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism MAY 31 2011, 11:45 AM ET14 Neither Barack Obama nor his Republican challengers have a strategy for victory and peace In a scathing Memorial Day jeremiad against American foreign policy, Andrew Bacevich argues that elected officials are exploiting the troops by sending them to war [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, Iraq, Libya, Memorial Day, Osama bin Laden, Oval Office, Terrorism, United States, War on Terror
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June 4, 2011
The whole drive behind both the Capital and Imperial Projects is the need for profit and for that profit to keep growing. It is the most vicious of circles as it demands more and more space on the planet and more and more money to give the appearance that it works. The US response to [...]
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May 28, 2011
The Books We Meant Well How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van BurenComing Soon! Washington Rules America’s Path to Permanent War by Andrew BacevichNow available! Dismantling The Empire America’s Last Best Hope by Chalmers Johnson Now available! The Limits Of Power The End of [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Chalmers Johnson, Imperial Ambitions, middle east, Noam Chomsky, Social Sciences, United State, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
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May 4, 2011
This is an interesting book among many available on this topic. It is written by a noted author. Washington RulesBy Andrew Bacevich Published by Metropolitan Books paperback | 304 3/29/2011 | US$15.00 ISBN: 0805094229 Read an excerpt Ordering Information Listen to a sample from the Audio Book from Macmillan Audio: About the book: “Tough-minded, bracing, and [...]
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April 12, 2011
What follows is an article by Professor Bacevich on what Obama has been doing and what he represents. Perhaps it is a shame that some commentators in the US and elsewhere still cling to a notion of the worthwhile war or that wars can not deliver what they promised because they cost so much. The difficulty [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Greater Middle East, Oval Office, Paul Wolfowitz, United States
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