Historian Andrew Bacevich, in an op-ed at the New York Daily News, writes, “The war in Vietnam was effectively lost well before Ford even took office. The same judgment applies to Biden and Afghanistan.” Here is a more extended taste...
Here is a taste of Bacevich‘s take: …That annoyance notwithstanding, there is actually more afoot here than journalists usurping prerogatives traditionally reserved for highly trained scholars. While the architects of the 1619 Project may be making claims that go beyond...
Here is writer and historian Bacevich at TomDispatch.com: The impeachment of the president of the United States! Surely such a mega-historic event would reverberate for weeks or months, leaving in its wake no end of consequences, large and small. Wouldn’t...
Politico asked historians how the history books will cover the past decade. Contributors include David Kennedy, Tom Nichols, David Greenberg, Keisha Blain, Peniel Joseph, Heather Cox Richardson, George Nash, Kevin Kruse, Andrew Bacevich, Claire Potter, David Hollinger, Nicole Hemmer, Jack...
I have argued that fear helps explain the evangelical embrace of Donald Trump in 2016. When I speak, blog, and tweet about Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, I am often asked about the role fear might play in the...
Historian and foreign policy scholar Andrew Bacevich brings these three figures together in a provocative essay about how we write history. Here is just a small taste: Contrast the influence wielded by prominent historians in Becker’s day—during the first third...
A few months back I got into a small dustup over my use of the phrase “Age of Trump” to describe American life during the Trump presidency. A few folks pushed back. They suggested that it was irresponsible for a...
The Boston University history professor, former U.S. Army officer, and foreign policy expert has weighed-in at the Boston Globe. A taste: Let’s be clear: Syria’s Bashar Assad is a bum and probably a war criminal. Yet it does not follow that...
Today in the Boston Globe, Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich argues that the West should stay out of the Middle East. It is a war that we cannot win. Here is a taste: It’s past time for the West, and...
Andrew Bacevich Bacevich, a professor of history and international affairs at Boston University, has nailed it once again. In a recent post at The Front Porch Republic he chides Progressives, Baby Boomers, and Millennials for drinking too deeply from the...
This is some of the best analysis I have seen of the whole Syria mess. Bacevich challenges us to understand the potential bombing of Syria in the larger historical context of U.S foreign policy in the Middle East. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cbSkT5CQuI]...
