Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
An excellent interview with Andrew J. Bacevich in August 2008.
"Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life."
"Andrew Bacevich is a conservative historian who spent twenty-three years serving in the US Army. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. In a new book titled The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, Bacevich argues that although many in this country are paying a heavy price for US domestic and foreign policy decisions, millions of Americans simply continue to shop, spend and satisfy their appetite for cheap oil, credit and the promise of freedom at home. Bacevich writes, “As the American appetite for freedom has grown, so too has our penchant for empire.”
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
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Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
An excellent interview with Andrew J. Bacevich in August 2008.
"Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life."
"Andrew Bacevich is a conservative historian who spent twenty-three years serving in the US Army. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. In a new book titled The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, Bacevich argues that although many in this country are paying a heavy price for US domestic and foreign policy decisions, millions of Americans simply continue to shop, spend and satisfy their appetite for cheap oil, credit and the promise of freedom at home. Bacevich writes, “As the American appetite for freedom has grown, so too has our penchant for empire.”
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
An excellent interview with Andrew J. Bacevich in August 2008.
"Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life."
"Andrew Bacevich is a conservative historian who spent twenty-three years serving in the US Army. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. In a new book titled The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, Bacevich argues that although many in this country are paying a heavy price for US domestic and foreign policy decisions, millions of Americans simply continue to shop, spend and satisfy their appetite for cheap oil, credit and the promise of freedom at home. Bacevich writes, “As the American appetite for freedom has grown, so too has our penchant for empire.”
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
Errr, the documentary lost me in the first few minutes when Bill Moyers asserted that Russia was the sole party to blame in the Georgian conflict.
But I kept on watching nonetheless and I'm glad I did. The guest on the show, Andrew J. Bacevich, had some very interesting things to share.
Thanks for the Post and a great beginning for you, welcome!...Bacevich isn’t mouthing off on some internet forum (them lunatics) even though he is singing a similar song, he is center stage on mainstream American TV! Mainly influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr’s ideas. Bacevich’s lecture on Reinhold Niebuhr ‘Illusions of Managing History...’
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=127
Also Bacevich’s ’The End of American Exceptionalism’ book tour interview with Democracy Now has more of edge than the Moyer’s fanzine chit chat. The sound sync is so out of whack, recommended for listening pleasure only.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user...p;search=Search
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=127
Also Bacevich’s ’The End of American Exceptionalism’ book tour interview with Democracy Now has more of edge than the Moyer’s fanzine chit chat. The sound sync is so out of whack, recommended for listening pleasure only.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user...p;search=Search
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