Breach of Trust - (American Empire Project) by Andrew Bacevich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A blistering critique of the gulf between America's soldiers and the society that sends them off to war, from the bestselling author of <i>The Limits of Power</i> and <i>Washington Rules</i></b> <p/>The United States has been at war for more than a decade. Yet as war has become normalized, a yawning gap has opened between America's soldiers and the society in whose name they fight. For ordinary citizens, as former secretary of defense Robert Gates has acknowledged, armed conflict has become an abstraction and military service something for other people to do. In <i>Breach of Trust</i>, bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich takes stock of the damage this disconnect has wrought. <p/>National defense, he argues, should become the business of we the people. Should Americans refuse to shoulder this responsibility, the prospect of endless war, waged by a foreign legion of professionals and contractor-mercenaries, beckons. So too does bankruptcy--moral as well as fiscal.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Scorching...heartbreaking...Bacevich dismantles the warrior myth we civilians and politicians so enjoy worshiping from afar, and replaces that idol with flesh and blood, vulnerable humans, who deserve better than the profligate, wasteful way in which we treat them." --<i>Rachel Maddow, the New York Times Book Revie</i> <p/>"A powerful critique...splendid...Bacevich has written a book that precious few people in Washington will like, at least those people...who are connected in one way or another to what Dwight Eisenhower in 1961 called the 'military-industrial complex.'" --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"<i>Breach of Trust</i> is a necessary and important commentary on modern American life....I can almost guarantee that, in these war-weary times, this timely and informative read will change the way you think." --<i>James Carville, The Hill</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, served for twenty-three years as an officer in the U.S. Army. He is the author of <i>Washington Rules</i>, <i> The Limits of Power</i>, and <i>The New American Militarism</i>, among other books. His writing has appeared in <i>Foreign Affairs</i>, <i> The Atlantic Monthly</i>, <i> Harper's Magazine</i>, <i> The Nation</i>, <i> The New York Times</i>, <i> The Washington Post</i>, and<i> The Wall Street Journa
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