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.

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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
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
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.
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 .

Daniel A. Sjursen is a retired US Army officer who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. A senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com, he is the author of Ghost Riders of Baghdad and Patriotic Dissent .