Twilight of the American Century
by Andrew J. Bacevich  (Author)

About the Author
Andrew Bacevich is professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University and is the author of numerous books, including America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History.

About this book
Andrew Bacevich is a leading American public intellectual, writing in the fields of culture and politics with particular attention to war and America’s role in the world. Twilight of the American Century is a collection of his selected essays written since 9/11. In these essays, Bacevich critically examines the U.S. response to the events of September 2001, as they have played out in the years since, radically affecting the way Americans see themselves and their nation’s place in the world.
Bacevich is the author of nearly a dozen books and contributes to a wide variety of publications, including Foreign Affairs, The Nation, Commonweal, Harper’s, and the London Review of Books. His op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among other newspapers. Prior to becoming an academic, he was a professional soldier. His experience as an Army officer informs his abiding concern regarding the misuse of American military power and the shortcomings of the U.S. military system. As a historian, he has tried to see the past differently, thereby making it usable to the present.
Bacevich combines the perspective of a scholar with the background of a practitioner. His views defy neat categorization as either liberal or conservative. He belongs to no “school.” His voice and his views are distinctive, provocative, and refreshing. Those with a focus on political and cultural developments and who have a critical interest in America's role in the world will be keenly interested in this book.

Brief contents
Introduction. Straying from the Well-Trod Path
Part 1. Poseurs and Prophets
1. A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz: Occasioned by the Tenth Anniversary of the Iraq War (2013)
2. David Brooks: Angst in the Church of America the Redeemer (2017)
3. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and the Decline of American Liberalism (2017)
4. George Kennan: Kennan Kvetches (2014)
5. Tom Clancy: Military Man (2014)
6. Robert Kagan: The Duplicity of the Ideologues (2014)
7. Boykinism: Joe McCarthy Would Understand (2012)
8. Henry Luce: The Elusive American Century (2012)
9. Donald Rumsfeld: Known and Unknown (2011)
10. Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter: Tailors to the Emperor (2011)
11. Fault Lines: Inside Rumsfeld’s Pentagon (2008)
12. Tommy Franks: A Modern Major General (2004)
13. Selling Our Souls: Of Idolatry and iPhones (2011)
14. Christopher Lasch: Family Man (2010)
15. Randolph Bourne: The Man in the Black Cape (2009)
16. William Appleman Williams: Tragedy Renewed (2009)
17. Reinhold Niebuhr: Illusions of Managing History (2007)
Part 2. History and Myth
18. Saving “America First” (2017)
19. Kissing the Specious Present Goodbye (2017)
20. The Age of Great Expectations (2017)
21. American Imperium (2016)
22. History That Makes Us Stupid (2015)
23. Always and Everywhere (2013)
24. The Ugly American Telegram (2013)
25. The Revisionist Imperative (2012)
26. The End of (Military) History? (2010)
27. Twilight of the Republic? (2006)
28. What Happened at Bud Dajo (2006)
29. The Folly of Albion (2005)
30. The Real World War IV (2005)
Part 3. War and Empire
31. Save Us From Washington’s Visionaries (2015)
32. A War of Ambition (2014)
33. Naming Our Nameless War (2013)
34. How We Became Israel (2012)
35. Breaking Washington’s Rules (2011)
36. Why Read Clausewitz When Shock and Awe Can Make a Clean Sweep of Things? (2006)
37. Living Room War (2005)
38. Bush’s Grand Strategy (2002)
39. New Rome, New Jerusalem (2002)
40. Permanent War for Permanent Peace (2001)
Part 4. Politics and Culture
41. Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago (2017)
42. Not the “Age of Trump” (2017)
43. The Failure of American Liberalism (2016)
44. An Ode to Ike and Adlai (2016)
45. War and Culture, American Style (2016)
46. Under God (2015)
47. Thoughts on a Graduation Weekend (2014)
48. One Percent Republic (2013)
49. Counterculture Conservatism (2013)
50. Ballpark Liturgy (2011)
51. The Great Divide (2008)
Acknowledgments
Index

Length: 504 pages
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (November 15, 2018)
Language: English
ASIN: B07C36SZ43