Madcap militarism: H.R. McMaster’s dishonest attack on restraint
H.R. McMaster’s critique of restraint falls short and he doesn’t offer an alternative to the militarism that has dominated U.S. foreign policy.
Andrew J. Bacevich is the President of the Quincy Institute. He grew up in Indiana, graduated from West Point and Princeton, served in the army, became an academic, and is now a writer. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books, among them: The New America Militarism (2005), The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (2008), Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War (2010), America’s War for the Greater Middle East (2016), and The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory (January 2020). He is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University and has held fellowships at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy in Berlin.
H.R. McMaster’s critique of restraint falls short and he doesn’t offer an alternative to the militarism that has dominated U.S. foreign policy.
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