MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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050 00 $aUA23$b.B14 2005
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100 1 $aBacevich, A. J.
245 14 $aThe new American militarism :$bhow Americans are seduced by war /$cAndrew J. Bacevich.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2005.
300 $axvi, 270 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-261) and index.
505 0 $aWilsonians under arms -- The military profession at bay -- Left, right, left -- California dreaming -- Onward -- War club -- Blood for oil -- Common defense.
520 $aBacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology--of unprecedented military might wed to a blind faith in the universality of American values. This, Bacevich argues, commits Americans to turning the US into a crusader state with a self-proclaimed mission of driving history to its final destination: the world-wide embrace of the American way of life. This mindset invites endless war and the ever-deepening militarization of US policy. The upshot, acutely evident in the aftermath of 9/11, has been a revival of vast ambitions and certainty, this time married to a pronounced affinity for the sword. As it alienates others, it will leave the United States increasingly isolated. It will end in bankruptcy, moral as well as economic, and in abject failure.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aMilitarism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-
650 0 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-
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