Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, published by Random House.

Op-Ed

Ballpark Liturgy: America’s New Civic Religion

Fenway Park, Boston, July 4, 2011. On this warm summer day, the Red Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays. First come pre-game festivities, especially tailored for …

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch

July 28, 2011

Op-Ed

War & Peace

On the Mend? America Comes to Its Senses

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates addresses the House Committee on Armed Services. The outgoing secretary of defense may be the one senior US official of the past decade to …

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch

June 28, 2011

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Not Why, but How: To the Shores of (and Skies Above) Tripoli

A president, being the most powerful man in the world, begins history anew -- so at least Americans pretend to believe.

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch

April 12, 2011

News Analysis

War & Peace

Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable

U.S. military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined.

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch

January 27, 2011

Andrew Bacevich | The Long War: Year Ten

In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s charge to a newly-appointed commanding general was simplicity itself: “give us victories.” President Barack Obama’s tacit charge to his generals amounts to this: …

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch|Op-Ed

October 7, 2010

News Analysis

War & Peace

Did Bob Woodward Help the Military Subvert Obama and the Constitution?

The Pentagon gamed the process to exclude any possibility of Obama rendering a decision not to its liking.

By: Andrew J. Bacevich ,; TomDispatch

September 27, 2010

The Unmaking of a Company Man: An Education Begun in the Shadow of the Brandenburg Gate

Worldly ambition inhibits true learning. Ask me. I know. A young man in a hurry is nearly uneducable: He knows what he wants and where he’s headed; when it …