What Isolationism?

February 02, 2006

Boston University's Andrew Bacevich challenges the president's assertion from Tuesday's State of the Union address that anyone who opposes his policies must be an isolationist. The reality, Bacevich explains, is far more complicated.

The article can be read in its entirety here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bacevich02feb02,0,5723762.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions


Andrew J. Bacevich is a member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy and a professor of international relations at Boston University. He is the author of several books including American Empire, and most recently, The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War.

Posted by coalition at February 2, 2006 07:40 AM

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