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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822481603321

Autore

Bacevich A. J

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-932383-6

1-299-45681-2

0-19-993649-8

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages)

Disciplina

355.02130973

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

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is an updated edition of Andrew J. Bacevich's valuable examination of the dangerous obsession that has taken hold of Americans: a marriage of militarism and blind utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might and a blind faith in the universality of American values.