The Limits of Power
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The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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book
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non-fiction book → political analysis book → |
| analyzes |
U.S. civil-military relations
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constraints on American global dominance → historical roots of American expansionism → relationship between domestic culture and foreign policy → |
| author |
Andrew Bacevich
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizes |
American exceptionalism
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U.S. foreign policy overreach → U.S. militarism → bipartisan interventionism → consumerism in American society → imperial presidency → lack of civic responsibility → overreliance on military power → |
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Iraq War era
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post–Cold War U.S. foreign policy → |
| genre |
political analysis
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political non-fiction → |
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Andrew Bacevich is a historian
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Andrew Bacevich is a retired U.S. Army officer → |
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critical of U.S. hegemony
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realist → |
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limits of military solutions
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moral and political costs of empire → need for strategic restraint → tension between democracy and empire → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
American empire
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U.S. domestic politics → U.S. foreign policy → U.S. militarism → limits of American power → national security policy → |
| notableFor |
argument that American power has structural limits
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critique of U.S. militarism → linking domestic consumption to foreign policy → |
| proposes |
greater realism in U.S. strategy
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more restrained foreign policy → reassessment of global military commitments → |
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Andrew Bacevich
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Andrew Bacevich
("The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism")
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The American Empire Project
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