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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.

What’s the Meaning of Failure?

A Dictionary of Euphemisms for Imperial Decline

By William J. Astore On April 14, 2016On November 10, 2021

A Force Unto Itself

A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State

By William J. Astore On March 22, 2016On March 22, 2016

The U.S. Military Suffers from Affluenza

Showering the Pentagon with Money and Praise

By William J. Astore On February 11, 2016On May 15, 2021

Tourists of Empire

America’s Peculiar Brand of Global Imperialism

By William J. Astore On October 27, 2015On October 27, 2015

Seventy Years of Military Mediocrity

The Shared Failings of America’s Military Academies and Senior Officers

By William J. Astore On August 18, 2015On August 18, 2015

America’s Got War

Poverty, Drugs, Afghanistan, Iraq, Terror, or How to Make War on Everything

By William J. Astore On June 28, 2015On June 28, 2015

The American Military Uncontained

Chaos Spread, Casualties Inflicted, Missions Unaccomplished

By William J. Astore On May 14, 2015On May 14, 2015

War Is the New Normal

Seven Deadly Reasons Why America’s Wars Persist

By William J. Astore On February 1, 2015On February 1, 2015

Investing in Junk Armies

Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail

By William J. Astore On October 14, 2014On May 15, 2021

The American Cult of Bombing

Why You Should Expect More Bombs to be Dropped Everywhere

By William J. Astore On August 19, 2014On August 19, 2014

Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You — He Already Has You

The Militarized Realities of Fortress America

By William J. Astore On June 12, 2014On May 15, 2021

The Business of America Is War

Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield and in the Boardroom

By William J. Astore On October 20, 2013On October 20, 2013

Drone Warfare is Neither Cheap, Nor Surgical, Nor Decisive

The Ever-Destructive Dreams of Air Power Enthusiasts

By William J. Astore On March 24, 2013On March 24, 2013

Sucking Up to the Military Brass

Generals Who Run Amuck, Politicians Who Could Care Less, an “Embedded” Media… And Us

By William J. Astore On November 29, 2012On May 15, 2021

The National Security State Wins (Again)

Why the Real Victor in Campaign 2012 Won’t Be Obama or Romney

By William J. Astore On May 15, 2012On May 15, 2021

Weapons ‘R’ Us

By William J. Astore On January 24, 2012On May 15, 2021

Fighting 1% Wars

Why Our Wars of Choice May Prove Fatal

By William J. Astore On December 8, 2011On December 8, 2011

Siamese Twins Sharing the Same Brain

How the Military and the Civilian Are Blurring in Washington

By William J. Astore On June 14, 2011On May 15, 2021

The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes

Washington Court Culture and Its Endless Wars

By William J. Astore On May 12, 2011On May 12, 2011

The Cost of Our Wars

On Listening to Our Troops

By William J. Astore On February 20, 2011On May 15, 2021

Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire

What It Means When We Say We Have the World’s Finest Fighting Force

By William J. Astore On January 6, 2011On June 1, 2021

The New American Isolationism 

By William J. Astore On October 31, 2010On May 15, 2021

William Astore, Wars Don’t Make Heroes

By William J. Astore On July 22, 2010On February 17, 2021

William Astore, Operation Enduring War

By William J. Astore On July 8, 2010On February 17, 2021

William Astore, Washington’s Compulsive Gambling

By William J. Astore On June 3, 2010On May 15, 2021

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