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Election 2020September 17, 2020
The Military’s Role in a Contested Election
Asking the armed forces to decide who won would be the first step on the road to rule by military junta.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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Election 2020August 18, 2020
How Biden Should Spend His First Days as President
If Biden wins in November, he will have to start working to address the crises facing our planet the moment he steps into the Oval Office.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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Police and Law EnforcementJune 24, 2020
Defund the Police. And the Military, Too.
In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the need to overcome “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.” The same holds true today.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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LawJune 4, 2020
Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him
High-ranking military officials have a choice: Obey the orders of your commander in chief or your oath to the Constitution.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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HistoryMay 6, 2020
V-E Day Was 75 Years Ago. How Relevant Is It Today?
The dark cloud of World War II has stopped recent US leaders from seeing the world as it actually is.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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National SecurityMarch 27, 2020
This Pandemic Is Exposing the Futility of the National Security State
Don’t tell the CIA, but the principal threats to our collective well-being are right here where we live.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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PoliticsFebruary 25, 2020
Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions
His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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WorldJanuary 13, 2020
The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History
Though significant, the end of the Cold War ranks well below the fall of Russia’s Romanov dynasty (1917) or the discovery of penicillin (1928) as a turning point in the history of the modern world.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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HistoryNovember 12, 2019
David Maraniss’s Tale of Hope and Misfortune in Postwar America
In A Good American Family, the journalist and editor examines his father and mother’s youthful idealism and the bitter years of McCarthyism that followed.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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War on TerrorNovember 5, 2019
Trump Is Right to Want to Stop Our Endless Wars, but He’s the Wrong Person to Do It
It’ll take a president with more determination and consistency to put an end to our global crusade.
Andrew J. Bacevich