{"product_id":"breach-of-trust-9781250055385","title":"Breach of Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering critique of the gulf between America's soldiers and the society that sends them off to war, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Power\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Rules\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States has been \"at war\" for more than a decade. Yet as war has become normalized, a yawning gap has opened between America's soldiers and the society in whose name they fight. For ordinary citizens, as former secretary of defense Robert Gates has acknowledged, armed conflict has become an \"abstraction\" and military service \"something for other people to do.\" In \u003ci\u003eBreach of Trust\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich takes stock of the damage this disconnect has wrought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNational defense, he argues, should become the business of \"we the people.\" Should Americans refuse to shoulder this responsibility, the prospect of endless war, waged by a \"foreign legion\" of professionals and contractor-mercenaries, beckons. So too does bankruptcy--moral as well as fiscal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew J. Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, served for twenty-three years as an officer in the U.S. Army. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWashington Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Limits of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New American Militarism\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873205063954,"sku":"9781250055385","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efca69ef-5d3a-49ea-a7bb-716f0e63f07d.jpg?v=1737923809","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breach-of-trust-9781250055385","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}