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Breach of trust : how Americans failed their soldiers and their country /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bacevich, Andrew J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:American empire project.
Subjects:
War and society > United States.
National security > Social aspects > United States.
Military service, Voluntary > United States.
Sacrifice > Social aspects > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.

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