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The Election and the Political Left

Posted on October 07, 2008

A couple of days ago, I began reading The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by retired Army colonel, Andrew Bacevich, a self-described conservative and currently professor of history and international relations at Boston University.When I watched him being interviewed a few weeks ago by Bill Moyers, I was struck by the clear, intelligent originality of his thesis which rests on three interlocking crises: the crisis of profligacy, the political crisis and the military crisis.This is one of those rare books, a slim one, in which every page is packed with information and though...

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