Breach of trust

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Sean Runnette

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

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."