Last week, Tom Ashbrook (On Point Radio) interviewed Andrew Bacevich, retired U.S. Army colonel, and professor of history and international relations at Boston University. His newest book, Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War, examines the constant war-readiness of the United States.
Listen to the interview: Andrew Bacevich: U.S. Militarism
Bacevich argues that the continuance of the policies that built American power need to change as they no longer work in the modern world. The large amount of conflicts and interventions that the U.S. has engaged in since WWII have resulted in limited short term success and even more limited long term success. The expansion of American power over the last few decades has coincided with the growth of economic disparity, global jihadism, nuclear proliferation, and many other negative events, many of which have at least partially been caused by the unintended consequences of American policy.
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