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A force for good.(The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War)(Book Review)

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The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, by Andrew J. Bacevich (Oxford, 288 pp., $28)

ONE is not normally inclined to pay much attention to a book with the phrase "American militarism" in its title. The charge of "militarism" is too often an all-purpose indictment of American society, meaning as little today as it did when old-style Marxists hurled it. But I happen to know that Andrew Bacevich is a very serious person--and, indeed, The New American Militarism is a very serious book.

Bacevich is a West Point graduate, a Vietnam veteran, and a retired professional soldier who holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton. He is currently ...

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