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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806169803321

Autore

Bacevich Andrew J.

Titolo

The new American militarism : how Americans are seduced by war / / Andrew J. Bacevich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-19-974116-6

0-19-518394-0

1-280-42814-7

1-4237-4668-6

0-19-972714-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 278 p.)

Disciplina

55.02130973

Soggetti

Militarism - United States - History - 21st century

Conservatism - United States - History - 21st century

United States Military policy

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines how an America once possessed with a disdain for the use of force has come to embrace the military as the only means of securing a stable world order. This work shows how American militarism emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam War. It warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, conservatives, and liberals alike.