02247cam a2200373Mi 4500 60236 60236 BJBSDDR 20230410123357.0 ta 101007s2010 nyu 000 0 eng d 9780805091410 (hbk) 0805091416 (hbk) DEBBG BV036707354 DEBSZ 336612095 (OCoLC)ocn705889501 (OCoLC)705889501 DE-604 ger DEBBG eng xxu US JZ 1480 B117w 2010 Bacevich, Andrew J. 1947- Washington rules : America's path to permanent war / Andrew J. Bacevich. 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010. 286 p. ; 22 cm. American empire project Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-269) and index. Introduction: Slow learner -- The advent of semiwar -- Illusions of flexibility and control -- The credo restored -- Reconstituting the trinity -- Counterfeit COIN -- Cultivating our own garden. For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American security requires the United States (and us alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. In the Obama era, just as in the Bush years, these beliefs remain unquestioned. In this vivid analysis, Andrew J. Bacevich presents the origins of this consensus, forged at a moment when American power was at its height. He exposes the preconceptions, biases, and habits that underlie our 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. And he challenges the usefulness of our militarism as it has become both unaffordable and increasingly dangerous. Consenso (Ciencias sociales) 2892 Estados Unidos Estados Unidos 74 Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos 3445 Política militar lcc BK rg 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 JZ 1480 B117w 2010 00000094693 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK