Breach of trust : how Americans failed their soldiers and their country / Andrew J. Bacevich.
Bacevich takes stock of the separation between Americans and their military, tracing its origins to the Vietnam era and exploring its pernicious implications: a nation with an abiding appetite for war waged at enormous expense by a standing army demonstrably unable to achieve victory. Rather than so...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
| Series: | American empire project.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Nation at war. People's war ; The great decoupling ; Tallying up
- Part 2. Warrior's plight. America's army ; Comes the revolution ; Searching for dragons to slay ; Coping with chaos
- Part 3. Skin in the game. Smedley and friends ; Winners and losers ; Trahison des clercs ; Droning on ; American characters.