Hailed as "brilliant" ("The Washington Post"), "Washington Rules" is Andrew J. Bacevich's bestselling challenge to the conventional wisdom that American security requires the United States (and US alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, to prepare our forces for military operations in far-flung regions, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. Adopted by administrations on both sides of the political spectrum during the past half century, this Washington consensus on national security has ...
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Hailed as "brilliant" ("The Washington Post"), "Washington Rules" is Andrew J. Bacevich's bestselling challenge to the conventional wisdom that American security requires the United States (and US alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, to prepare our forces for military operations in far-flung regions, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. Adopted by administrations on both sides of the political spectrum during the past half century, this Washington consensus on national security has become foreign policy gospel when, according to Bacevich, it has outlasted its usefulness. With vivid, incisive analysis, Bacevich assails and exposes the preconceptions, biases, and habits that underlie this pervasive faith in military might, especially the notion that overwhelming superiority will oblige others to accommodate America's needs and desires - whether for cheap oil, cheap credit, or cheap consumer goods. Instead, Bacevich argues that we must reconsider the principles which shape American policy in the world and acknowledge that fixing Afghanistan should not take precedence over fixing Detroit. As we enter a period when our militarism has become both unaffordable and increasingly dangerous, replacing this Washington consensus is crucial to America's future and may yet offer the key to the country's salvation.
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The book is bound to create controversy. The subject matter is well researched and well presented. The only thing lacking, to my mind, was a well laid out viable option. Perhaps there is none now, perhaps it's too late. The decline and fall of the American empire started, albeit slowly, with Viet Nam. It has accelerated with the financial meltdown of 2008-2009. There is no moral fibre left in American government, and America, I fear, is hurtling into the abyss all empires land up in.
