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A son lost in Iraq
FIXED POST (for reasons I cannot divine, an edit made all the links freak out. I removed the edit, which was just a search for Andrew Bacevich on Yahoo news.)
One of my favorite critics of US militarism and empire is Andrew Bacevich, a former career officer and Vietnam vet who now teaches history at Boston U. I was shocked to learn minutes ago that his son, 1st Lt. Andrew Jr., was killed Sunday by an IED. Article. Bacevich writes in a very reserved, understated style, but it is clear he is bitterly opposed to empire. He writes in the tradition of Eisenhower's farewell address about the military-industrial complex. I take this opportunity to encourage people to check out his books. They come from an insider who knows of which he speaks. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War. American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy. The Imperial Tense: Prospects and Problems of American Empire. The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II. Empire As a Way of Life: An Essay on the Causes and Character of America's Present Predicament Along With a Few Thoughts About and Alternative, by William Appleman Williams, introduction by Andrew Bacevich. |
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Re: A son lost in Iraq
A necessary bump to get this above the defective version of the same title.
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