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Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew J. Bacevich is professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. He is the author, most recently, of  Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.

Fighting the Endless War

Fighting the Endless War

Four questions about the future of the U.S. military

by Andrew J. Bacevich | Monday, December 03, 2018
The Wisdom of the Ages

The Wisdom of the Ages

Looking to the classics to steel yourself against life’s cruelties

by Andrew J. Bacevich | Monday, September 07, 2015
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

A Tale of War and Forgetting

by Neil Shea

In honor of Memorial Day this Monday, we’re revisiting this powerful essay from contributing editor Neil Shea, written just after the centennial of the First World War. Shea reflects on the war through the lens of Impressionist painting— viewed up close, he writes, “there is bravery and blindness, splinters of bone and steel, mud, horror, cacophony.” As time goes on, however, we risk seeing the war “as a vague event portrayed in colors that seem almost quaint.”