Andrew J. Bacevich is a historian, writer, and retired U.S. Army colonel who is widely known for his critical analysis of American foreign policy and military affairs. A professor emeritus at Boston University, he contributed essays to The Weekly Standard in the mid-to-late 1990s covering military culture, the Bosnia deployment, and civil-military relations. He is the author of numerous influential books on American militarism and U.S. global strategy.
THE HEADLONG RUSH TO BEND the American military to the dictates of gender politics has slowed for the moment. This welcome break is owed to the year- end report of a federal advisory panel chaired by former senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker. The panel, created in response to egregious sexual-…
The tale of Air Force First Lieutenant Kelly Flinn is absorbing for so many different reasons that, oddly enough, people will be tempted to underestimate its importance. After all, the melodrama of a high-flying career laid low by illicit sex is as undeniable as it is distracting. Flinn and her…
"I HAD HOPED THAT WE WERE hurling a wildcat onto the shore, but all we had got was a strandeded whale." Thus, in typically pungent terms, did Winston Churchill assess the Allied landing at Anzio in early 1944, an operation marred by irresolute leadership and lost opportunities.
"I HAD HOPED THAT WE WERE hurling a wildcat onto the shore, but all we had got was a strandeded whale." Thus, in typically pungent terms, did Winston Churchill assess the Allied landing at Anzio in early 1944, an operation marred by irresolute leadership and lost opportunities.
WHEN HARRY S TRUMAN announced in June 1950 that he was committing U.S. forces to defend South Korea without prior Congressional approval, he redefined the role of the president as commander in chief. Without fanfare but with implications potentially as significant, Bill Clinton seems determined to…