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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 substack is Bracing Views.

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

William Astore, The Business of America Is Kleptocracy

By William J. Astore On April 20, 2010On May 15, 2021

William Astore, You Have No Say About Your Military

By William J. Astore On March 18, 2010On May 15, 2021

William Astore, The U.S. Military’s German Fetish

By William J. Astore On February 18, 2010On May 15, 2021

William Astore, Going Rogue in Combat Boots

By William J. Astore On January 19, 2010On May 15, 2021

William Astore, Grinding Down the U.S. Army

By William J. Astore On December 15, 2009On May 15, 2021

William Astore, Apocalypse Then, Afghanistan Now

By William J. Astore On October 11, 2009On January 21, 2010

William Astore, American Militarism on Steroids

By William J. Astore On September 3, 2009On January 10, 2010

William Astore, Educating Ourselves to Oblivion

By William J. Astore On May 28, 2009On February 17, 2021

William Astore, Affirming Our Prime Directive

By William J. Astore On March 26, 2009On February 25, 2011

William Astore, Whose Military Is It Anyway?

By William J. Astore On February 15, 2009On July 8, 2010

William Astore, Rebuilding America, Remaking Ourselves

By William J. Astore On September 23, 2008On July 12, 2021

William Astore, Generation Warfighters

By William J. Astore On July 20, 2008On February 17, 2021

William Astore, Militarizing Your Cyberspace

By William J. Astore On June 5, 2008On May 15, 2021

William Astore, Coming Down to Earth

By William J. Astore On May 6, 2008On February 17, 2021

William Astore, War Games

By William J. Astore On April 17, 2008On March 22, 2011

William Astore, In the Military We Trust

By William J. Astore On February 3, 2008On December 14, 2020

William Astore, If We Lose Iraq, You’re to Blame

By William J. Astore On November 6, 2007On May 15, 2021

Astore on a Military Bemedaled, Bothered, and Beleaguered

By William J. Astore On October 4, 2007On February 17, 2021

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