LEADER 03769nam 2200565 450 001 9910791303503321 005 20230617014805.0 010 $a0-19-974116-6 010 $a0-19-518394-0 010 $a1-280-42814-7 010 $a1-4237-4668-6 010 $a0-19-972714-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204451 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273069 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11303275 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL42814 035 $a(OCoLC)870243604 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204451 100 $a20161201h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe new American militarism $ehow Americans are seduced by war /$fAndrew J. Bacevich 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 278 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-517338-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aExamines how an America once possessed with a disdain for the use of force has come to embrace the military as the only means of securing a stable world order. This work shows how American militarism emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam War. It warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, conservatives, and liberals alike.$bIn this provocative book, Andrew 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 mindset, the author warns, invites endless war and the ever-deepening militarization of U.S. policy. It promises not to perfect but to pervert American ideals and to accelerate thehollowing out of American democracy. 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. With The New American Militarism, which has been updated with a new Afterword, Bacevich examines the origins and implications of this misguided enterprise. He shows how American militarism emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam War. Various groups in American society-soldiers, politicians on the make, intellectuals, strategists, Christian evangelicals, even purveyors of pop culture-came to see the revival of military power and the celebration of military values as theantidote to all the ills besetting the country as a consequence of Vietnam and the 1960s. 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. Bacevich urges us to restore a sense of realism and a senseof proportion to U.S. policy. He proposes, in short, to bring American purposes and American methods-especially with regard to the role of the military-back into harmony with the nation's founding ideals. 606 $aMilitarism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aMilitarism$xHistory 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 676 $a55.02130973 700 $aBacevich$b Andrew J.$0472053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791303503321 996 $aThe new American militarism$93757822 997 $aUNINA