The Limits Of Power
This week at Cafe we have Andrew Bacevich with us to book club blog on his latest book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. The book examines the citizenry's complicity in the current economic, political, and military crisis. Bacevich is a professor of International Relations and History at Boston University and a retired army colonel. His previous books include American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U. S. Diplomacy (2002), The Imperial Tense: Problems and Prospects of American Empire (2003) (editor), The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (2005), and The Long War: A New History of US National Security Policy since World War II (2007) (editor).
Joining him are Michael Hollerich, professor at the University of St. Thomas; Michael Klare, professor at Hampshire College; Michael Lind, a Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation; Nathan Newman, the policy director for the Progressive Legislative Action Network; David Shorr, a program officer in policy analysis and dialogue at the Stanley Foundation; and Tony Smith, a professor at Tufts University.
Andrew Bacevich visited Butler University a few weeks ago, so we had a chance to discuss his books and his ideas with him. I have posted a review of his book and that discussion on my blog at: http://endoftheamericancentury.blogspot.com/2009/03/andrew-bacevich-on-limits-of-us-power.html
March 29, 2009 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink