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Always at WarVietnam Syndrome with Andrew BacevichIn this episode of Always at War, we examine the Vietnam War on the 50th anniversary of its effective conclusion (April 30, 1975) and explore how it established the template for America's subsequent "forever wars."Through powerful imagery and historical analysis, hosts Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, joined by scholar Andrew Bacevich, trace the direct connections between Vietnam and the War on Terror, revealing how both conflicts shared similar patterns of mission creep, civilian casualties, unclear objectives, and inevitable American withdrawal.###See how the iconic rooftop helicopter evacuations of Saigon and Kabul, separated by nearly 50...
2025-04-3057 min
Conservative Conversations with ISIAndrew Bacevich on the Limits of Power, Modern Military History, and the Folly of “Military Solutions” In this episode: Andrew Bacevich joins the podcast to talk to Tom about his 2008 book, The Limits of Power, about the failures of the Iraq War and the cultural, political, and military crises that led to it and exposed the weaknesses in America’s global posturethe lessons to be taken from the post-WWII history of American military policy and foreign entanglementswhy the impulse to rely on “American muscle” to fix things is often unjustifiedTexts Mentioned:The Limits of Power by Andrew BacevichThe Decadent Society by Ross Douthat“The Crisis of Confidence” speech by Jimmy CarterBattlegrounds by H.R. McMa...
2023-12-1945 min
Love Thy NiebuhrInterview with Dr. Andrew BacevichThe hosts chat with foreign policy expert, Dr. Andrew Bacevich, about The Irony of American History, lessons we're still learning from it today, and more general conversations about Ukraine, Taiwan, and current U.S. illusions.
2023-07-0558 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastThe Chris Hedges Show Podcast with retired Army Colonel, Vietnam War veteran and former history professor at Boston University Andrew Bacevich on bidding farewell to the American century.At the end of any empire there are always a handful of chroniclers who, like Cicero in the Roman Republic, see clearly the looming disintegration of empire. They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles. Chalmers Johnson in his trilogy “American Empire: Blowback,” “The Sorrows of Empire,” and “Nemesis” The Last Days of the American Republic,” does a masterful job of showing how and why we are disintegrating. So does Andrew Bacevich who in his new...
2023-05-2432 min
Politik Spezial - Stimme der Vernunft - Der PodcastSind die #USA eine moralische Supermacht? | Max Otte im Gespräch mit Andrew Bacevich (EN)Der amerikanische Exzeptionalismus gewinnt seit dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion eine immer größere Bedeutung. Die Außenpolitik sowohl der Demokraten als auch der Republikaner sieht Amerika in der Rolle des Welthüters der Demokratie, einer moralischen Supermacht. Doch haben die USA mit diesem Anspruch ihre tatsächliche Macht überdehnt? Hierüber sprach Prof. Dr. Max Otte mit dem renommierten amerikanischen Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Andrew Bacevich.
Andrew Bacevich ist emeritierter Lehrstuhlinhaber der Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies für Internationale Beziehungen. In
zahlreichen publikumswirksamen Büchern (u.a. After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Tra...
2023-05-1120 min
Crashing the War PartyAndrew Bacevich: the Tragedy of Iraq and death of American ExceptionalismIn this special episode, we talk to veteran, author, and professor emeritus Andrew Bacevich, who was an early critic of the Bush Administration's folly in Iraq. As a Vietnam veteran, he easily recognized the crusader path of contemporary military officials and the deployment of the American missionary ethos that kept us entrenched in that war for a decade (we still have troops there today). We share some recollections on this 20-year anniversary of the war, and some thoughts on America's continuing foreign policy follies, this week.More from Andrew Bacevich:The self-deceived deceivers of war...
2023-03-1741 min
Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy RadicalsAndrew Bacevich on Ukraine, China and Our Perilous Future (G&R 215)We had a really great conversation with Andrew Bacevich, one of the most astute, if not the preeminent, critics of American foreign policy today. We talked about the ongoing bloodshed in Ukraine, the need to find a way out, the current U.S. saber-rattling toward China, the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, and some history of the Cold War, including NSC-68.
As always we discussed the U.S. priorities in spending billions abroad and on the military budget while problems at home mount.
Talking with Andy Bacevich is always a great education and essential vi...
2023-03-1542 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyANDREW BACEVICH on Ukraine, defense spending, and Bidding Farewell to the American CenturyThe countries, conflicts, and causes change, but has military action and defense spending become the one huge thing that unites both political tribes and parties? So that when one challenges leaders to be more more respectful of other ways of dealing with conflict and more realistic about our goals and how to achieve them - decision-makers and the media assign such common sense thinking to the fringe. We talk today with ANDREW BACEVICH, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about Ukraine, defense spending, and the ideas in his newest book, ON SHEDDING AN OBSOLETE PAST: Bidding Farewell to...
2023-02-2155 min
Living in the USAThe House Republican Mess: Harold Meyerson; plus Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Victory and Andrew Bacevich on "The Long War"Harold Meyerson analyzes the Republican failure to elect a Speaker of the House - and what it tells us about the future of the new Congress.Teaching Assistants and other grad student employees at the University of California won a historic victory in their strike last month. What does that mean for other universities and other union organizing campaigns? Nelson Lichtenstein joins the show to comment. Also this week, Andrew Bacevich talks about our “very long war” going back to the sixties, and the relative insignificance of Donald Trump. Bacevich's new book is On Shedding an Ob...
2023-01-0656 min
The Nation PodcastsNelson Lichtenstein's Post-Mortem on the UC Strike and Andrew Bacevich on America’s “Very Long War”Teaching Assistants and other grad student employees at the University of California won a historic victory in their strike last month. What does that mean for other universities and other union organizing campaigns? Nelson Lichtenstein joins the show to comment. Also this week, Andrew Bacevich talks about our “very long war” going back to the sixties, and the relative insignificance of Donald Trump. Bacevich's new book is On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century.Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Our Spons...
2023-01-0531 min
Start Making Sense ClipsAndrew Bacevich: America's 'Very Long War'Andrew Bacevich talks about our “very long war,” going back at least to the sixties, and about the relative insignificance of Donald Trump. His new book is "On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century.”Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2023-01-0515 min
MUSIC REACTIONS AND COMMENTSFootnotes Andrew Bacevich, The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War, New York, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 147. Ibid., pp. 122-124. Public Broadcasting SystemFootnotes Andrew Bacevich, The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War, New York, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 147.
Ibid., pp. 122-124.
Public Broadcasting System, “Frontline,” “Rumsfeld’s War,” Feb. 17, 2005. This paper is based on J. W. Frost, A History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim Perspectives on War and Peace. Vol. I The Bible to 1914, Vol. II A Century of War. Footnotes and bibliography are there. The final conclusions come from Vol. II, 776-778.
Quoted in Jonathan Raban, “Truth About Terrorism,” NY Review of Books, Jan. 13, 2005, p. 22).
2022-11-2601 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastThe Chris Hedges Report with Andrew Bacevich on his book "After the Apocalypse" and the folly of endless warIn the months of July and September 1940 the French historian and future resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who fought in World War I and World War II, wrote a short book called L'Étrange Défaite or Strange Defeat. It was a searing condemnation of the French high command and political class which was responsible for the humiliating defeat and disintegration of the French army with the Nazi invasion of France. Bloch, who went underground to fight the Nazi occupiers, was executed by the Gestapo in 1944. His book, published after the war, was the model for historian Andrew Bacevich’s book...
2022-11-0931 min
Regarp BookBlogPodReview of: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in the World Transformed, by Andrew BacevichReview of: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in the World Transformed, by Andrew Bacevich
Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog
2022-10-0412 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelPaths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars w/ Andrew Bacevich
On this edition of Parallax Views, historian, veteran, and Quincy Institute President Andrew J. Bacevich returns to Parallax Views to discuss the new volume he co-edited with Afghanistan war vetern Danny Sjursen entitled Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars. What does it mean to be a veteran of war, especially those "forever wars" in the wake of 9/11 such as Iraq and Afghanistan? And what is it that we, the citizenry, sometimes fail to understand about veterans and the experiences in the ways we celebrate their service on holidays like veterans day? Moreover, what o...
2022-10-0348 min
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryAndrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen, "Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars" (Metropolitan Books, 2022)Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand testimony that illuminates why the Forever Wars lasted so long while producing so little of value. In the wake of 9/11, the United States embarked upon a Global War on Terrorism aimed at using American military power to transform the Greater Middle East. Twenty years later, the ensuing forever wars have produced little tangible succes...
2022-08-1033 min
New Books in Military HistoryAndrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen, "Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars" (Metropolitan Books, 2022)Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand testimony that illuminates why the Forever Wars lasted so long while producing so little of value. In the wake of 9/11, the United States embarked upon a Global War on Terrorism aimed at using American military power to transform the Greater Middle East. Twenty years later, the ensuing forever wars have produced little tangible succes...
2022-08-1034 min
New Books in World AffairsAndrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen, "Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars" (Metropolitan Books, 2022)Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand testimony that illuminates why the Forever Wars lasted so long while producing so little of value. In the wake of 9/11, the United States embarked upon a Global War on Terrorism aimed at using American military power to transform the Greater Middle East. Twenty years later, the ensuing forever wars have produced little tangible succes...
2022-08-1034 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsAndrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen, "Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars" (Metropolitan Books, 2022)Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand testimony that illuminates why the Forever Wars lasted so long while producing so little of value. In the wake of 9/11, the United States embarked upon a Global War on Terrorism aimed at using American military power to transform the Greater Middle East. Twenty years later, the ensuing forever wars have produced little tangible succes...
2022-08-1034 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastThe Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Combat Veteran and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich and Chris Hedges Dissect the Mythology of WarAndrew Bacevich, a retired Army Colonel who fought in Vietnam, and Danny Sjursen, a retired Army Major who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, have just published Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars. Bacevich and Sjursen, West Point graduates, like many writers in the book, come out of the military culture. They began as true believers, embracing the myths of American goodness and virtue and the military honor code pounded into them as young cadets at the military academy. The reality of combat, as it has for generations, exposed the lies told by the ge...
2022-08-0332 min
Listen To This Spellbinding Full Audiobook — Perfect On The Go.Paths of Dissent by Andrew Bacevich, Daniel A. Sjursen - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4718to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Paths of Dissent
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Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 08-02-22
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Twenty years of America’s Global War on Terror produced little tangible success while exacting enormous harm. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States sustained tens of thousands of casualties, expended trillions of dollars, and in...
2022-08-028h 29
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryPaths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars by Andrew BacevichPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/539927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars Author: Andrew Bacevich Narrator: Paul Yingling, Joy Damiani, Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr., Gil Barndollar, Gian Gentile, Erik Edstrom, Dan Berschinski, Andrew Wehrlen, Elliott Woods, Andrew Bacevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan offer invaluable firsthand perspectives on what made America’s post-9/11 wars so costly and disastrous. Twenty years of America’s Global War on Terror produced little tangible success while exacting enormous harm...
2022-08-0205 min
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPaths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars by Andrew BacevichPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/539927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars Author: Andrew Bacevich Narrator: Paul Yingling, Joy Damiani, Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr., Gil Barndollar, Gian Gentile, Erik Edstrom, Dan Berschinski, Andrew Wehrlen, Elliott Woods, Andrew Bacevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: American veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan offer invaluable firsthand perspectives on what made America’s post-9/11 wars so costly and disastrous. Twenty years of America’s Global War on Terror produced little tangible success whil...
2022-08-0205 min
First Things PodcastAndrew Bacevich on American InterventionismOn this episode, Andrew Bacevich joins the podcast to talk about American foreign policy, touching on many article which he has written for First Things in the past two decades. They discuss the elites' push for military interventions and the future of American military and economic prowess.
2022-06-3036 min
St. John's College (Annapolis) LecturesAge of Illusions: America after the Cold War (Andrew Bacevich)Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 26, 2019, by Andrew Bacevich as part of the LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Lecture Series.
The lecture is part of a joint lecture series between St. John's College and the U.S. Naval Academy to honor the memory of Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Kristensen. An alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and the St. John's College Graduate Institute, Kristensen, a Navy SEAL, was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan in 2005. This lecture series aims to create even greater ties between the two schools, as well as to educate the...
2022-06-2242 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastThe Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Andrew BacevichThe war in Ukraine, stoked in part by NATO expansion beyond the borders of a unified German, violating promises made to Moscow at the end of the Cold War, now looks set to become a lengthy war of attrition, one funded and backed by an increasingly bellicose United States. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, after a visit to Kyiv, declared that “we want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things” it has done in Ukraine. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, during her own trip to Kyiv, said that America “will sta...
2022-05-1229 min
The Patriot PhilosopherEpisode 4: Fixing America's Too Wide Civil/Military Divide (w/ Andrew Bacevich)In this episode, I interview American historian, Vietnam veteran, and career Armor officer, Professor Andrew Bacevich, about his various works focusing on civil/military relations, American foreign policy (past and present), and veteran and geopolitical concerns heading into the 2020s.Andrew's Bio can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_BacevichHis latest work, "After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed can be found here:https://www.amazon.com/After-Apocalypse-Americas-World-Transformed/dp/B08KHX3455/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UKKQRP3N3S9A&keywords=bacevich&qid=1650937604&sprefix=bacevich%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1
2022-04-2639 min
Bacevich Interview – Podcast April 18, 2022Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine. The History And Unseen Consequences. Steve Williamson and Karen McClelland welcome Andrew Bacevich to the show. Bacevich is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University as well as co-founder and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He argues that to understand the invasion of Ukraine, you must consider the historical context in which the U.S. exploited Russia economically following the collapse of the Soviet Union. And, despite telling Russia that we would not expand NATO eastward, successive American administrations did it anyway. He believes that led to bi...
2022-04-1944 min
The New York EncounterThe End of the Pax Americana? | Andrew Bacevich & Michael Desch | New York Encounter 2022The End of the Pax Americana?The changing role of the U.S. in global affairs and its impact on world peace and stability, with Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, Boston University, and Michael Desch, Founding Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, moderated by Paolo Carozza, Professor of Law and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the University of Notre DameSince World War II, the U.S. has played a key role in the global defense of freedom, stability, and peace. Several events in the past...
2022-03-081h 03
Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy RadicalsCol. Andrew Bacevich on the Deepening Crisis in Ukraine (G&R 137)Rising tensions in eastern Europe between the U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine have dominated the news. We discuss the situation with scholar and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich. We discussed why the U.S. is so concerned, and hawkish, about Russia and Ukraine--Russophobia? We talked about the role of NATO in this current crisis. We talked about the many more pressing issues the U.S. should focus on--like inflation, COVID, the surveillance state, and especially Climate Change!
It's a great conversation with one of America's leading intellectuals and critics of foreign policy.
Andrew Bacevic...
2022-02-0245 minGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy RadicalsCol. Andrew Bacevich Talks about The Empire and The Apocalypse (G&R 111)Green and Red had a great conversation with the well-known scholar (and Retired Colonel) Andrew Bacevich, whose new book is *After the Apocalypse.* We began by getting his views on the recent revelations regarding JCS Chair Mark Milley's role in opposing Trump's attempt to steal the election.
Then we discussed the key points in his book--his view on the dangers of American Exceptionalism, the damages done to society by immense military spending and the role of the Military-Industrial Complex, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and revived Cold War against China.
But most of our discu...
2021-09-2258 min
SimoncastAndrew Bacevich: Afghanistan war was a major U.S. policy failure – Episode 03Andrew Bacevich, an author and historian and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, talks about how a series of disasters befell the United States in 2020, how Americans misapprehended the world and our place in it, and how wars post-9/11 became "longer, larger, and more costly."Hosted by John Shaw. Produced and edited by Alee Quick. This podcast is produced through a partnership between Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and WSIU Public Radio. For more, visit paulsimoninstitute.org/podcasts.
2021-09-151h 02
The Last Negroes at HarvardAndrew J. Bacevich Jr. talks about his new book: After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World TransformedAndrew Bacevich is an American historian specializing in international relations and foreign policy. He is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. He is a retired Army Colonel.
In his new book, After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed, he writes that American foreign policy must change, "the threats are here at home... where we live"
2021-08-2254 min
Notre Dame International Security CenterAfter the Apocalypse: A Conversation With Andrew BacevichSummary:
In this episode, Mike and Jim interview Andrew Bacevich, author After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed. In this latest book, Bacevich, a retired U.S. Army officer, former professor at Boston University, and President of the new Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, laments that America has failed both domestically and internationally since the end of the Cold War. To those failures should now be added, on the very day the interview was recorded, the unexpectedly rapid collapse of the pro-American regime in Kabul, Afghanistan. How the unipolar moment became such a disappointment what is the way...
2021-08-201h 01
Living in the USAAfghanistan & American politics: Harold Meyerson & Andrew Bacevich; Ella Taylor on Barbara LeeAfghanistan in American politics, past and present: Harold Meyerson explains why the disastrous end of our Afghan war won’t matter in the elections in 2022 and 2024.
Plus: the Taliban Triumph: Andrew Bacevich comments on 20 years of American hubris and ignorance, promises made, and promises broken.
Also: there was only one member of Congress who voted against the authorization for the use of force in Afghanistan, back in 2002: Barbara Lee from northern California. Now there’s a documentary out about her: “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power.” Ella Taylor has our review.
2021-08-2057 min
The Law, such as it isEpisode 1 - Andrew BacevichA discussion with Andrew Bacevich about his new book, After the Apocolypse. Bacevich is America's most thoughtful conservative skeptic about the scope of America's military empire, and the urgent need to redirect our focus. #Empire America
2021-08-191h 06
The Nation PodcastsThe Taliban Triumph: Andrew Bacevich, plus John Powers on Dick GregoryOver almost 20 years in Afghanistan, the US lost 2,400 troops and personnel. Another 21,000 Americans have been wounded. The mission cost more than a trillion dollars—including 80 billion dollars to train and arm the Afghan army. But that army didn’t resist the recent Taliban advance and now the Taliban control the country and the last Americans are fleeing. Andrew Bacevich comments; his books include America’s War for the Greater Middle East.
Also: There’s a documentary out now about Dick Gregory, the Black stand-up comedian and political activist of the sixties and after. It’s called The One and Only D...
2021-08-1932 min
10 Lessons LearnedAndrew Bacevich - Never feel sorry for the people in charge
In this episode, Andrew Bacevich shares with us why "Ambition causes blindness", why you should "Never feel sorry for the people in charge" and describes the "Greatest sin of all".
About Dr Andrew J. Bacevich
Andrew Bacevich is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he received his PhD in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. Before joining the faculty of Boston University, he taught at West Point and Johns Hopkins. Retired career officer in the Armor Branch of the United States Army, retiring with the rank of colonel.
2021-08-0953 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelAfter the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed w/ Andrew Bacevich
On this edition of Parallax Views, the President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Andrew Bacevich joins Parallax Views for an in-depth discussion on the history of the D.C. "Blob", U.S. foreign policy, and his thoughtful new book After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed. 2020 was a year full of tumult from the COVID-19 pandemic to the protests against racial injustice in the aftermath of George Flloyd's death. And then, there is the increasingly concerning issue of climate change and the crises it could create. This is the "Apocalypse" that Andrew Bacevich's...
2021-07-121h 06
The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanAndrew Bacevich on ending the "catastrophe" of American militarismUnited States troops are now pulling out of Afghanistan, bringing to a close America’s longest war. U.S. intelligence predicts that the Taliban will take over the country within six months, returning the country to much way we found it when we invaded following the 9/11 attacks. Since 2001, the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan has resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people, including 7,000 Americans, while spawning terror groups including ISIS and other jihadi organizations.
“We’ve had a bipartisan penchant for militarism, and it hasn’t worked,” argues Andrew Bacevich, a Vietnam veteran and leading fore...
2021-06-3030 min
Embark On The Most Spellbinding Full Audiobook Today!After the Apocalypse by Andrew BacevichPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/224440to listen full audiobooks.
Title: After the Apocalypse
Author: Andrew Bacevich
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Release date: 06-08-21
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2021-06-086h 30
Enjoy Amazing Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsAfter the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed by Andrew BacevichPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed Author: Andrew Bacevich Narrator: Peter Coyote Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 8, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from Andrew J. Bacevich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions. The purpose of U.S. foreign policy has, at least theoretically, been to keep...
2021-06-0805 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyANDREW BACEVICH-AFTER THE APOCALYPSE - How can “national security” deal with climate change, pandemics, racism, democracy?When was the last time the US won a war or solved a big problem? ANDREW BACEVICH served in the U.S. Army for 23 years, graduated from both West Point and Princeton, and writes for both The Nation and American Conservative. His lastest book AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: America’s Role in a World Transformed is only 172 pages but asks big, blunt questions. Will the dangers and disasters we have been facing finally move us to abandon a set of beliefs about America, its identity, and its security that have kept us sleepwalking in place - or worse - for decades?
2021-06-0700 minGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy RadicalsG&R Episode 62: Andrew Bacevich on the Military and Trump, the current crisis, and what to expect from Biden's foreign policyIn this episode, Bob interviews Professor Andrew Bacevich (@AndrewBacevich) about the extraordinary involvement in electoral politics by Trump and the military, the military public repudiation of the president, racial and hate group problems in the armed forces, civil-military relations, the appoint of General Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary, what to expect from Biden's foreign policy team--essentially putting the Obama band back together--the nuclear deal with Iran, the insane attacks on Cuba, and a new Cold War between the U.S. and China.
Andrew Bacevich is an emeritus professor at Boston University and President of the Quincy Institute for Res...
2021-01-1537 min
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al HuntAndrew Bacevich on the Future of Foreign Policy, Michael McDonald on Florida's Fate and Billy Begala on Trump's Texas TitanicWhile Trump's outrageous behavior may still shock some, there are plenty of the most savvy and seasoned political veterans who see him for what he really is: a desperate charlatan who is capable of anything. Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft president Andrew Bacevich is even able to look forward, beyond this dark period, to the larger issues America faces as a global player. Dr. Michael P. McDonald, professor of political science at the University of Florida, predicts a brighter future for Democrats. And Texas Democratic Party consultant Billy Begala enjoys a hearty laugh at the recent follies of Trump...
2020-09-101h 09
Veterans for Peace Radio HourVeterans for Peace at PEACESTOCK with Andrew Bacevich and Norman SolomonThe Minnesota chapter of Veterans for Peace did a great job with PeaceStock. Peace Stock is, as far as I know, an annual event with the name deriving from Woodstock but just substitute peace for wood. So while so many speakers were wonderful, we clipped and highlighted the keynote speakers Andrew Bacevich and Norman Solomon. So listen in for great information but do not expect optimism. Reality is overwhelming optimism.
2020-08-061h 00
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyANDREW BACEVICH-How US Squandered Its Cold War Victory - Paving the Way for TrumpIn his newest book, The Age of Illusions, ANDREW BACEVICH takes us from 1989’s seemingly ultimate victory in the Cold War to the current troubling and chaotic moment. He attempts to explain how we ended up with outsized inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, an increasingly angry and alienated population, and Donald Trump. We also talk about current events including the confrontation with Iran.
2020-01-2358 min
Start Making Sense ClipsHow America Squandered its Cold War Victory: Andrew BacevichHistorian Andrew Bacevitch argues that America has squandered its Cold War victory-- by embracing the promise of globalization as a source of unprecedented wealth while embarking on wide-ranging military campaigns to suppress disorder and enforce American values abroad. Trump has been a bit-player in all of this, a consequence more than a cause of American decline. Bacevich's new book is The Age of Illusions.
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2020-01-2315 min
World Affairs Councils PodcastCover to Cover: Andrew Bacevich on "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory"Andrew Bacevich, President of the Quincy Institute and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University, on his new book: The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory.
When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. History, having brought the United States to the very summit of power and prestige, had validated American-style liberal democratic capitalism as universally applicable. Listen to the conversation with Andrew Bacevich as he explains how, within a quarter of a century, the Unite...
2020-01-1737 min
Moyers on DemocracyBill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich: What Does it Mean to be an American After the Cold War?Bill Moyers goes behind the headlines to talk with Andrew Bacevich about democracy and how to navigate a post Cold War world.
2020-01-1534 min
The Nation PodcastsThe Failure of Trump’s Iran Strike: Andrew Bacevich, plus Henry Louis Gates on American slavery and Jelani Cobb on Joe McCarthyTrump’s Iran strike continues a long, failed history of American actions based on the idea that the U.S. military can shape the mideast in accord with our wishes. That’s what Andrew Bacevich argues—his new book is The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory.
Plus: Henry Louis Gates discovers slave-owners – and also slaves—in the family histories of some surprising people--on the PBS series “Finding Your Roots.” On this season’s premiere, Anjelica Houston learned that one of her ancestors, who died in Maryland in 1811, was a slaveowner, and that in his will he acknowledged fa...
2020-01-0940 min
2019-11-1500 min
CAM podcastEpisode 18: Interview with Andrew BacevichAndrew Bacevich was born and raised a Catholic in Indiana, graduated from West Point in 1969, served in Vietnam, and had a career in the Army until 1992, achieving the rank of Colonel. He obtained a Ph.D. from Princeton in American Diplomatic History. He has taught at Boston University and written many books, including "The New American Militarism" (2005), and "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" (2008). He is also a recent founder of The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He joins us on this Veterans Day weekend to talk about American myths and speaks to the tenets of...
2019-11-1140 min
Start Making Sense ClipsAfghanistan Votes--but When will the War End? Andrew BacevichAlso: Afghanistan held elections on Saturday. Trump had declared a couple of weeks ago that negotiations with the Taliban were “dead”-this was after he had promised to end the American war there. How WILL that war end? Andrew Bacevich has been thinking about that—he suggests it will follow the example of the Vietnam war. Bacevich writes for TomDispatch, the LA Times, and The Nation.
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2019-10-0313 min
The Nation PodcastsRepublicans and Impeachment: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly--Joan Walsh, plus Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan and Azadeh Moaveni on ISIS WomenThe big question about impeachment is not the House -- there now seem to be enough votes there to pass at least one article of impeachment--the big question is about the Senate and whether some Republicans will abandon Trump. Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake says that at least 35 Republican senators would vote to remove Trump from office--IF they could vote in private. Joan Walsh comments.
Also: Afghanistan held elections on Saturday. Trump had declared a couple of weeks ago that negotiations with the Taliban were “dead”-this was after he had promised to end the American war there. How WILL that wa...
2019-10-0341 min
Living in the USAAfghanistan After a US Pullout w/Bacevich; New Gig Workers Law w/Meyerson; HUAC history w/MaranissHow will the American war in Afghanistan end? Probably like the American war in Southeast Asia--that's what Andrew Bacevich says-- he's Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University.
Next up: A new labor law has passed in the state of California, requiring that gig workers at Uber, Lyft and elsewhere be classified as employees -- how big a deal is it? Harold Meyerson of the American Prospect explains.
Also: Who is "Un-American"? We talk with David Maraniss, author of the new book, "A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father".
2019-09-1358 min
Bridge Builder PodcastDr. Andrew Bacevich discusses foreign policy, military strategy, and Just War TheoryWe start off this episode speaking with Dr. Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Boston University, about the United States conflict with Iran and other Middle Eastern conflicts. He also shares how his own perspective on war and international relations has changed since the Cold War.
Dr. Bacevich is the author of many books including, "The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War", "American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of US Diplomacy", and "America’s War for the Greater Middle East."
In our mailbag segment we discuss "Integral Ecology" and MN Catholic Conference's teaching resource, "Minnesota Ou...
2019-07-2330 min
Living in the USAAndrew Bacevich: The Middle East Conflicts Memorial; plus Katha Pollitt on Abortion & MenOver 8,000 names are engraved on the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial, and each year, more are added. The wall is unlike any other war memorial in the US -- particularly because of its location: not in Washington DC but in Marseilles, Illinois, a small prairie town with a population of about 5,000. We talk with historian Andrew Bacevich about his recent visit to the memorial.
Also: Isn't abortion rights a women's issue? Katha Polllitt says, 'no' and explains what men should be doing differently to help women and themselves.
Plus: Michael Ames on Bowe Bergdahl & the disaster of the Afghan war--his...
2019-06-0757 min
Economy Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio ShowBacevich: Our Fixation with Trump is Actually a Distraction“Critics see Trump as an abomination, but he is also one of us.” So says Andrew Bacevich scholar and author of the forthcoming book “Twilight of the American Century.” He explains in this podcast that Trump is one of a
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2018-09-1359 min
The Common Thread PodcastDr. Bacevich and the Niebuhrian Critique of American PowerProfessor Emeritus Andrew Bacevich, a veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has spent his academic career writing about American imperialism. He gave a well-regarded university lecture in 2007 about the "illusions of managing history," arguing for the contemporary relevance of 20th c. theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. In this episode we explore his career and intellectual evolution. He articulates a rather profound dissent to the employment of American military power, and discusses how Niebuhr's The Irony of American History impacted his worldview.
Dr. Bacevich is also the author of works such as Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their...
2018-07-041h 08
The Common Thread PodcastDr. Bacevich and the Niebuhrian Critique of American PowerProfessor Emeritus Andrew Bacevich, a veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has spent his academic career writing about American imperialism. He gave a well-regarded university lecture in 2007 about the "illusions of managing history," arguing for the contemporary relevance of 20th c. theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. In this episode we explore his career and intellectual evolution. He articulates a rather profound dissent to the employment of American military power, and discusses how Niebuhr's The Irony of American History impacted his worldview.
Dr. Bacevich is also the author of works such as Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their...
2018-07-041h 08
The Nation PodcastsCatastrophic Climate Change is Not an “Environmental” Issue: Bill McKibben; plus Andrew Bacevich on Endless War and Robert Edelman on the World CupIt’s the most crucial security question that humans have ever faced: catastrophic climate change. Bill McKibben says it’s too late to halt global warming, but we still have a chance to curb it, “short of civilizational destruction.”
Also: Donald Trump, the Trump supporters, and wars without end: Andrew Bacevich notes that Trump alone among presidents since 9-11 has said our 17 years of war have resulted in “nothing except death and destruction” – a statement that’s “more true than false.”
Plus: the World Cup is a political event not only in Russia but many other countries as well, where issues of nationalism...
2018-06-2141 min
Start Making Sense ClipsDonald Trump and Our Endless Wars: Andrew BacevichAndrew Bacevich notes that Donald Trump, alone among presidents since 9-11, has said our 17 years of war have resulted in “nothing except death and destruction” – a statement that’s “more true than false.” But his actions--in Iran, Afghanistan and Korea--have been contradictory.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2018-06-2111 min
Pritzker Military Museum & Library PodcastsAndrew Bacevich - America's WarRetired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich visits the Museum & Library to provide a searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East. Sponsored by Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).
2018-06-0100 min
Podcast Archives - The DigAndrew Bacevich: This Is the War That Never EndsThis is the war that never ends. The War on Terror’s permanence should be remarkable. It should be an outrage. But it is precisely because the war has become permanent that it has long since been rendered normal. Dan’s guest is historian Andrew Bacevich. Please note: they spoke before Trump’s recent announcement that the US would double down on the Afghanistan War. And please support the show at Patreon.com/thedig. We can’t do it without you.
2017-08-2300 minThe DigAndrew Bacevich: This Is the War That Never EndsThis is the war that never ends. The War on Terror’s permanence should be remarkable. It should be an outrage. But it is precisely because the war has become permanent that it has long since been rendered normal. Dan’s guest is historian Andrew Bacevich. Please note: they spoke before Trump’s recent announcement that the US would double down on the Afghanistan War. And please support the show at Patreon.com/thedig. We can’t do it without you.
2017-08-2300 min
Everett Public Library PodcastsAmerica's War for the Greater Middle East, by Andrew BacevichRetired Colonel and military historian Andrew Bacevich chronicles American military missteps on the Middle East since 1979. Music: "Rage and Regrets", by Rude Corps.
2017-06-0602 min
The World in Time / Lapham’s QuarterlyEpisode 02: Andrew BacevichFrom the end of World War II to 1980 virtually no American soldiers were killed in action while serving in the Middle East; since 1990 virtually no American soldiers have been killed anywhere except the Middle East. Lewis Lapham speaks with Andrew J. Bacevich, author of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, about America’s shift from the Cold War to war in the Middle East.
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2017-04-1731 minGBH's Talking PoliticsAndrew Bacevich: Deconstructing Trump's Military 'Bromance'Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis spoke with American foreign policy and military expert Andrew Bacevich about the strikingly militaristic nature of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
2016-12-2128 min
Modern War InstituteEp. 8 - "War in the Greater Middle East" with Dr. Andrew BacevichWe talk to Dr. Andrew Bacevich about his new book "America's War for the Greater Middle East" and how security professionals and leaders can prepare for the complexities of current and future war.
2016-07-1422 min
Neohuman10: Andrew BacevichIn the 10th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with professor Andrew Bacevich. Andrew is a retired US Military Colonel, an American foreign policy and military historian, Professor Eneritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University, and the former director of Boston University’s Center for International Relations. They talk about wide range of subjects, including politics, war, Military-Industrial complex, the Middle East, Iran nuclear agreement, technology, the War on Terror, American Presidential election, and Andrew’s new book America’s War for The Greater Middle East.
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2016-05-0142 min
Westminster Town Hall ForumAndrew Bacevich - The Indispensable Nation? America's Role On The World Stage - 11/19/15Andrew Bacevich is an historian, expert on national security, and former professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. Before serving on the faculty at Boston University, he taught at Johns Hopkins University and his alma mater, West Point. He holds a Ph.D. in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. After serving in the U. S. Army in Vietnam, Germany, and the Persian Gulf, he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 1990s. He is the bestselling author of Washington Rules, an examination of America's foreign policy and military strategy; The Limits of Power, a look...
2015-11-2052 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyFree Forum Q&A - (1) GEORGE McGOVERN: A Politician of Principle Senator, 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate (2) ANDREW BACEVICH, THE LIMITS OF POWER: The End of American Exceptionalism(1) GEORGE McGOVERNA Politician of Principle (Originally aired November 2005) (2) ANDREW BACEVICHTHE LIMITS OF POWER:The End of American Exceptionalism (Originally aired September 2008) As Congress debates a new budget this week, I read the following headline, "Defense hawks in U.S. Congress move to boost military budgets." It's worth noting that the US spends more on "defense" than the next 9 countries combined. So this week I offer you interviews with two men whose military service contributed to their cautious view of America's armed adventures - longtime Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential...
2015-03-2759 min
Great Speeches and InterviewsThe End of American Exceptionalism with Andrew Bacevich“Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who’s in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him.” — Bill MoyersAndrew examines of the triple crisis facing America. An economy in disarray that can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad and a government transformed by an imperial presidency into a democracy in name only and an engagement in endless wars that has severely undermined the nation. Andrew recommends a respect for the limits of power and an aversion to claims of exceptionalism and skepticism of easy sol...
2015-02-1300 minE.N. Thompson Forum“The American Military: War and Peace, Spending and Politics” - Andrew Bacevich and Derek CholletIn moderated debate style, Bacevich and Chollet will discuss the following topics and take questions from the audience.
What is the right size and role of the U.S. military today?
Drones, surveillance and technology – how and when should they be used?
Does the all-volunteer military influence America’s willingness to intervene globally? Would a draft reduce U.S. military involvement?
Is the permanent commitment of U.S. troops abroad in peaceful nations necessary and sustainable?
2014-02-1200 min
Stand Up! With Pete DominickToday on Stand Up! - Professor Andrew BacevichPete talks with Andrew J. Bacevich, a graduate and former teacher at West Point, who served in Vietnam and is a former Army Colonel. Currently he’s a Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. His new book “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country” is out now.
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2013-10-1427 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyFree Forum Q&A- ANDREW BACEVICH, author of BREACH OF TRUST: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their CountryAired: 10/06/13What do you feel when at sporting events or other public gatherings crowds join in a call to "support the troops?" If you're like me, I always have some misgivings. On the simplest level, the gesture seems pretty meaningless. What am I or anyone else in that crowd actually doing to support the troops? And when they add some clichéd phrases about fighting for our freedoms, a voice in my head always asks, "Yeah, how? Where?" In Iraq, Afghanistan, operating a drone that's flying over Pakistan or Yemen? Today's guest ANDREW BACEVICH has thought l...
2013-10-0853 min
Everett Public Library PodcastsWashington Rules by Andrew BacevichThe Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich Music: Wind Quintent op. 43 by Carl Nielsen James Galway, Carion Quintet time: 0:02:10 size: 2.033 mb
2011-04-2702 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyQ&A: ANDREW BACEVICH, AuthorAired 08/08/10ANDREW BACEVICH, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, served twenty-three years in the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of colonel. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. A graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, he received his Ph. D. in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic Monthly, the Nation, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including THE NEW AMERICAN MILITARISM; THE LIMITS OF POWER: The End...
2010-08-1051 min
Embrace An Vivid Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Washington Rules by Andrew BacevichPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/130817to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Washington Rules
Author: Andrew Bacevich
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Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 08-03-10
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2010-08-038h 08
Everett Public Library PodcastsThe Limits of Power by Andrew BacevichThe Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich Music: Back Porch Banjo Stand Performer: Eric Kanold time: 0:02:09 size: 2.092 mb
2010-05-2902 min
Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBSAndrew BacevichHistorian, international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich returns to the JOURNAl to discuss America's long war in Afghanistan.
2010-04-1014 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyQ&A: Andrew Bacevich, AuthorI'd heard of Dr. Bacevich and read some op-eds, but as soon as I saw into his interview a few weeks back with Bill Moyers, I knew I had to talk with him. The next day when I looked at Barnes and Noble for his book I was surprised and pleased that it had jumped to #1 in sales.I believe Andrew Bacevich in his new book pulls things together in ways that I hadn't seen before. Things like our politics of personality, the rise of the imperial presidency, and our national culture of consumption and how all of...
2008-09-1326 min