‘Washington Rules’ is a sobering look at a nation at war

‘Washington Rules’ is a sobering look at a nation at war

(“Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War” by Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan Books, 288 pages, $25).

“History teaches us,” President Ronald Reagan said in 1983, “that by being strong and resolute we can keep the peace.” History teaches us nothing of the sort, Andrew Bacevich responds in this new book, an incisive look at what the subtitle calls our “path to permanent war.” Bacevich is a retired U. S. Army colonel, who teaches history and international relations at Boston University…

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