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William J. Astore

William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and professor of history, is a TomDispatch regular and a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of critical veteran military and national security professionals. His personal blog is Bracing Views.

Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?

Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think

By William J. Astore On January 31, 2023On January 31, 2023

Imperial Dominance Disguised as Democratic Deterrence

The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy Drives Record Military Spending

By William J. Astore On January 15, 2023On January 15, 2023

Peace Is Not Our Profession

The Madness of Nuclear Warfare, Alive and Well in America

By William J. Astore On December 15, 2022On December 15, 2022

Integrity Optional

Lies and Dishonor Plague America’s War Machine

By William J. Astore On September 29, 2022On September 29, 2022

The Nasty Voices in Our Heads

The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy

By William J. Astore On July 28, 2022On July 28, 2022

Why Going “Hard” Is Taking the Easy Way Out

Hardening Schools and Arming Teachers Is the Wrong Approach

By William J. Astore On June 28, 2022On June 28, 2022

Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It

Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force

By William J. Astore On June 2, 2022On June 2, 2022

The Last Good Guys?

Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

By William J. Astore On May 8, 2022On May 8, 2022

What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down?

A Thought Experiment on the Military-Industrial Complex

By William J. Astore On April 5, 2022On April 5, 2022

Arsenal of Democracy or Simply an Arsenal?

The New Cold War Is Here to Stay, Until It Isn’t

By William J. Astore On March 15, 2022On March 16, 2022

America’s Disastrous 60-Year War

Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex

By William J. Astore On February 15, 2022On February 15, 2022

Only Fools Replay Doomsday

The Cold War, Reborn and Resurgent

By William J. Astore On January 18, 2022On January 18, 2022

The U.S. Military Budget as a Mushroom Cloud

Why It’s Time to Make Deep Cuts at the Pentagon

By William J. Astore On December 12, 2021On December 15, 2021

The Pentagon as Pentagod

America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

By William J. Astore On November 16, 2021On November 16, 2021

The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan

Can We Finally Give Peace A Chance?

By William J. Astore On September 19, 2021On September 19, 2021

Pivoting to America

Let’s Reinvent the U.S. Military for Real National Defense

By William J. Astore On July 29, 2021On July 29, 2021

America Is Stabbing Itself in the Back

Tough Truths Are Desperately Needed About America’s Lost Wars

By William J. Astore On June 17, 2021On June 17, 2021

Endless War Is A Feature of Our National Programming

On Pulling the Plug on the War Machine

By William J. Astore On May 9, 2021On May 9, 2021

Back to the Future at the Pentagon

Why 2021 Looks So Much Like 1981 — And Why That Should Scare Us

By William J. Astore On April 8, 2021On April 8, 2021

Rewarding Failure

Why Pentagon Weapons Programs Rarely Get Canceled Despite Major Problems

By William J. Astore On March 4, 2021On March 4, 2021

Joe Biden’s Peace Force?

A Multipoint Plan to End War as We Know It

By William J. Astore On February 2, 2021On May 15, 2021

POW Nation

When Will America Free Itself From War?

By William J. Astore On January 12, 2021On January 12, 2021

Spilling Ink and Spilling Blood

Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars

By William J. Astore and Danny Sjursen On December 8, 2020On January 20, 2021

Reclaiming American Idealism

We Could Use A Leader Like George McGovern Again

By William J. Astore On November 8, 2020On December 26, 2020

A Thousand Times Worse

Or How to Nuke History

By William J. Astore On October 1, 2020On October 8, 2020

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