Books by Andrew J. Bacevich
AMERICAN CONSERVATISM by Andrew J. Bacevich
edited by Andrew J. Bacevich
Released: April 7, 2020
"Eloquent if tendentious historical snapshots of the conservative tradition in American thought."
A collection of essays and speeches—mostly from the 20th century—that argue tacitly that today's conservatism needs an intellectual reboot. Read full book review >
THE AGE OF ILLUSIONS by Andrew J. Bacevich
by Andrew J. Bacevich
Released: Jan. 7, 2020
"A brilliant but ultimately discouraging analysis of how America messed up its big chance."
A brief, painful, and thoughtful analysis of how "the passing of the Cold War could not have been more disorienting." Read full book review >
AMERICA'S WAR FOR THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST by Andrew J. Bacevich
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2016
by Andrew J. Bacevich
HISTORY
Released: April 5, 2016
"An immensely readable, nondidactic study of how 'perpetuating the War for the Greater Middle East is not enhancing American freedom, abundance, and security. If anything, it is having the opposite effect.'"
A critical examination of the four decades-long failed U.S. policy of using military force to solve the ongoing crises in the Middle East. Read full book review >
BREACH OF TRUST by Andrew J. Bacevich
by Andrew J. Bacevich
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2013
"A mixture of passion, dismay and cynicism, with streaks of perhaps hopeless hope."
A former military officer and current professor assails the concept of the current all-volunteer Army and the general disconnect between the military and civilians. Read full book review >
THE SHORT AMERICAN CENTURY by Andrew J. Bacevich
edited by Andrew J. Bacevich
BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Released: March 19, 2012
"Bracing and provocative, despite the tendentiousness and the uniformity of structure."
A set of scholarly responses to Henry Luce's 1941 essay in his Life magazine, "The American Century." Read full book review >
WASHINGTON RULES by Andrew J. Bacevich
by Andrew J. Bacevich
HISTORY
Released: Aug. 3, 2010
"Welcome rethinking by a former military man who has seen the light."
Retired Army colonel Council of Foreign Relations member Bacevich (History and International Relations/Boston Univ.; The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, 2008, etc.) discards long-held "habits of conformity," rethinking America's mission abroad. Read full book review >
THE LIMITS OF POWER by Andrew J. Bacevich
by Andrew J. Bacevich
NON-FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2008
"Well-reasoned and eloquently argued."
A retired U.S. Army colonel makes the case for a more modest American posture on the world stage, including less use of the military. Read full book review >