Who's Bearing the Burden?
July 13, 2005
The all-volunteer force (AVF) is failing, explains Andrew Bacevich in an article in Commonweal magazine. The American public will soon face a fundamental choice: they can either continue to pursue a policy of militarized hegemony, or they can insulate themselves from the costs that hegemony entails. They cannot do both.
To read this article in its entirety, visit:
"Who's Bearing the Burden? Iraq and the Demise of the All-Volunteer Army."
Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of international relations at Boston University and the author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (Oxford, 2005).
Posted by coalition at July 13, 2005 02:58 PM
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