Breach of trust

Description:

Bacevich takes stock of the separation between Americans and their military, tracing its origins to the Vietnam era and exploring its pernicious implications: a nation with an abiding appetite for war waged at enormous expense by a standing army demonstrably unable to achieve victory. Rather than something for "other people" to do, Bacevich argues that national defense should become the business of "we the people."

subjects: National security,  Voluntary Military service,  Social,  War and society,  Military History,  Sacrifice,  Citizenship,  National security, united states,  Military service, voluntary,  United states, history, military,  Social aspects,  Armee,  Gesellschaft,  Soldat,  Staatsbu˜rger,  New York Times reviewed

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  21st century