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Forty years ago this month, I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. I would be part of America’s…
William J. Astore
William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and professor of history. He is a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of critical veteran military and national security professionals. He is the author of American Militarism on Steroids: The Military-Industrial Complex, Unbounded, Uncontained, and Undemocratic.
I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man named Elon Musk. But he lost out on one thing: he didn’t…
During World War II, American leaders proudly proclaimed this country the “arsenal of democracy,” supplying weapons and related materiel to allies like…
When it comes to our nation’s military affairs, ignorance is not bliss. What’s remarkable then, given the permanent state of war in which…
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When I was in the U.S. military, I learned a saying (often wrongly attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato) that only the dead have…
In an age when American presidents routinely boast of having the world’s finest military, where nearly trillion-dollar war budgets are now a new version of routine, let…
A progressive Pentagon? Talk about an oxymoron! The Pentagon continues to grow and surge with ever larger budgets, ever more expansive missions (for example,…
I can still remember my parents singing a somewhat cleaned-up version of the World War I-era song “You’re in the Army Now.”…
All around us things are falling apart. Collectively, Americans are experiencing national and imperial decline. Can America save itself? Is this country,…