TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bacevich,A.J.
TI  - The new American militarism: how Americans are seduced by war 
SN  - 0195173384 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - UA 23 .B14 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Militarism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - Militarisme
KW  - Veiligheidspolitiek
KW  - Buitenlandse politiek
KW  - ��tats-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 21e si��cle
KW  - Conservatisme
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 2001-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 7.150
KW  - Politique militaire
KW  - Relations ext�?rieures
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-261) and index; Wilsonians under arms -- The military profession at bay -- Left, right, left -- California dreaming -- Onward -- War club -- Blood for oil -- Common defense
N2  - Bacevich 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
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