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Andrew Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich, a TomDispatch regular, is chairman and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His new Dispatch book, On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century, has just been published.

On Missing Dr. Strangelove

Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb

By Andrew Bacevich On March 19, 2023On March 19, 2023

Tanks for Nuttin’

Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?

By Andrew Bacevich On February 12, 2023On March 8, 2023

Deaf to History’s Questions

A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us

By Andrew Bacevich On November 15, 2022On November 15, 2022

Russia’s Underperforming Military (and Ours)

Convenient Lessons to Impede Learning

By Andrew Bacevich On September 13, 2022On September 16, 2022

Imperial Detritus

Henry Luce’s Dream Comes Undone

By Andrew Bacevich On July 12, 2022On July 12, 2022

The F-Word (The Other One)

Repurposed and Misapplied

By Andrew Bacevich On June 7, 2022On June 7, 2022

Putin Changed the Subject

But Confronting Martin Luther King’s “Giant Triplets” Is More Urgent Than Ever

By Andrew Bacevich On April 14, 2022On April 14, 2022

Reflections from the Netherworld

Advice from JFK to President Biden

By Andrew Bacevich On March 1, 2022On March 1, 2022

A Very Long War

From Vietnam to Afghanistan with Detours Along the Way

By Andrew Bacevich On January 23, 2022On January 23, 2022

How Awesome Is “Awesome”?

America’s Underperforming Military

By Andrew Bacevich On December 21, 2021On December 21, 2021

The Last Progressive

Joe Biden and Illusions of “Normalcy”

By Andrew Bacevich On November 14, 2021On November 14, 2021

“A Horrible Mistake”

Recovering from America’s Imperial Delusions

By Andrew Bacevich On September 30, 2021On September 30, 2021

Answering the Armies of the Cheated

But No Questions about War Please!

By Andrew Bacevich On August 5, 2021On August 5, 2021

So It Goes

The Passing of the Present and the Decline of America

By Andrew Bacevich On June 27, 2021On June 27, 2021

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Biden the Bold vs. Joe the Timid

By Andrew Bacevich On May 18, 2021On May 18, 2021

America’s Longest War Winds Down

No Bang, No Whimper, No Victory

By Andrew Bacevich On March 28, 2021On March 28, 2021

On Shedding an Obsolete Past

Biden Defers to the Blob

By Andrew Bacevich On March 11, 2021On March 11, 2021

Beyond Donald Trump

When Poisons Curdle

By Andrew Bacevich On February 11, 2021On February 27, 2021

Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq

The Lessons of Two Failed Wars

By Andrew Bacevich On December 22, 2020On December 31, 2020

A Good Deed from the Wicked Witch?

Actually Ending the War in Afghanistan

By Andrew Bacevich On November 24, 2020On January 29, 2021

Reframing America’s Role in the World

The Specter of Isolationism

By Andrew Bacevich On October 18, 2020On May 15, 2021

Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar

A Play of Many Parts in One Act

By Andrew Bacevich On September 10, 2020On September 10, 2020

Biden Wins

Then What?

By Andrew Bacevich On August 13, 2020On August 13, 2020

Martin Luther King’s Giant Triplets

Racism, Yes, But What About Militarism and Materialism?

By Andrew Bacevich On June 23, 2020On June 23, 2020

V-E Day Plus 75

From a Moment of Victory to a Time of Pandemic

By Andrew Bacevich On May 5, 2020On May 5, 2020

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