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Article: U.S. delusions: an army man changes his mind.(Andrew Bacevich)(Biography)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- August 11, 2009
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ANDREW BACEVICH, professor of international relations at Boston University, uses strong words to describe what is going on in the U.S. He speaks of a "crisis of profligacy," "collective recklessness" and a "dysfunctional country." He says our political system empowers an "imperial presidency" and possesses "delusions of grandeur." This is surprising commentary coming from a onetime military man who was a soldier's soldier.
Until the early 1990s Bacevich devoted himself for decades to an upward trajectory in the U.S. Army, where he attained a rank just below that of brigadier general. He bent all things to that end. For 20-some years he possessed a no-nonsense ...