Paths of dissent soldiers speak out against America's misguided wars
Fifteen original essays from American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan offer first-hand perspectives on what made America's post-9/11 wars such costly and misguided exercises in futility, documenting how the world's self-proclaimed greatest military power went so badly astray.
| Other Authors: | Bacevich, Andrew J. (Editor), Sjursen, Daniel A. (Editor), Edstrom, Erik., Damiani, Joy., Berschinski, Dan., Davis, Daniel L., Scranton, Roy, 1976-, Jayamaha, Buddhika, 1971-, Dempsey, Jason K., 1972-, Emanuele, Vincent., Yingling, Paul., Hutto, Jonathan W., Sr. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Fifteen original essays from American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan offer first-hand perspectives on what made America's post-9/11 wars such costly and misguided exercises in futility, documenting how the world's self-proclaimed greatest military power went so badly astray. |
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| Physical Description: |
x, 290 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781250870179 1250870178 |
| Author Notes: |
Andrew Bacevich graduated from West Point and Princeton, served for twenty-three years in the US Army, and is now a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. Founder and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a nonpartisan foreign policy think tank, he is the author or editor of a dozen books, among them The Limits of Power , Washington Rules , and After the Apocalypse . |