LEADER 04211nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910822481603321 005 20230803020446.0 010 $a0-19-932383-6 010 $a1-299-45681-2 010 $a0-19-993649-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018752 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25068299 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000871940 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12358930 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871940 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10824563 035 $a(PQKB)10732564 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1154805 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1154805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10684994 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL476931 035 $a(OCoLC)839482775 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018752 100 $a20061023d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe new American militarism $ehow Americans are seduced by war /$fAndrew J. Bacevich 205 $aUpdated edition. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0-19-993176-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aThis is an updated edition of Andrew J. Bacevich's valuable examination of the dangerous obsession that has taken hold of Americans: a marriage of militarism and blind utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might and a blind faith in the universality of American values.$bIn this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both 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, Bacevich 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 the hollowing out of American democracy. In The New American Militarism, Bacevich examines the origins and implications of this misguided enterprise. He shows how American militarism emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam War, when 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 the antidote 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, this time coupled with a pronounced affinity for the sword. Bacevich urges Americans to restore a sense of realism and a sense of 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. For this edition, Bacevich has written a new Afterword in which he considers how American militarism has changed in the past five years. He explores in particular how this ideology has functioned under Barack Obama, who ran for president on a campaign based on "Hope for change and for a new beginning. Despite such rhetoric, Bacevich powerfully suggests, the attitudes and arrangements giving rise to the new American militarism remain intact and inviolable as ever. 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 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2009-2017 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009-2017 615 0$aMilitarism$xHistory 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 676 $a355.02130973 700 $aBacevich$b Andrew J$0472053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822481603321 996 $aThe new American militarism$94038327 997 $aUNINA