Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Washington Rules 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.
Full description- Publisher: Metropolitan Books (imprint of Henry Holt & Company)
- Published: 01 July 2011
- Format: Paperback 304 pages
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- Categories: Political Structure & Processes | Constitution: Government & The State | International Relations | Military Engineering
- ISBN 13: 9780805094220 ISBN 10: 0805094229
- Sales rank: 157,877
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Full description for Washington Rules
Hailed as "brilliant" ("The Washington Post"), "Washington Rules" is Andrew J. Bacevich's bestselling challenge to the conventional wisdom that American security requires the United States (and US alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, to prepare our forces for military operations in far-flung regions, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. Adopted by administrations on both sides of the political spectrum during the past half century, this Washington consensus on national security has become foreign policy gospel when, according to Bacevich, it has outlasted its usefulness. With vivid, incisive analysis, Bacevich assails and exposes the preconceptions, biases, and habits that underlie this pervasive faith in military might, especially the notion that overwhelming superiority will oblige others to accommodate America's needs and desires - whether for cheap oil, cheap credit, or cheap consumer goods. Instead, Bacevich argues that we must reconsider the principles which shape American policy in the world and acknowledge that fixing Afghanistan should not take precedence over fixing Detroit. As we enter a period when our militarism has become both unaffordable and increasingly dangerous, replacing this Washington consensus is crucial to America's future and may yet offer the key to the country's salvation.
