Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their

Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (American Empire Project)

The United States has been â€œat warâ€ for more than a decade. Yet as war has become normalized, a yawning gap has opened between Americaâ€™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 â€œabstractionâ€ and military service â€œsomething for other people to do.â€ In Breach of Trust, bestselling author Andrew Bacevich takes stock of the damage this disconnect has wrought.

National defense, he argues, should become the business of â€œwe the people.â€ Should Americans refuse to shoulder this responsibility, the prospect of endless war, waged by a â€œforeign legionâ€ of professionals and contractor-mercenaries, beckons. So too does bankruptcyâ€”moral as well as fiscal.
Country USA
Brand Picador
Manufacturer Picador
Binding Paperback
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ReleaseDate 2014-09-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781250055385

Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (American Empire Project)