Weekly Round-Up

Quincy in the news

July 12, 2020

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End of empire: The era of U.S. dominion has now passed
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The American Spectator, 7/2/20

The end of World War Two inaugurated the era of American dominion, with the United States politically, economically and militarily the most powerful nation on the planet. Yet throughout the subsequent period of American global ascendency, the American people endured a seemingly endless sequence of domestic crises, upheavals and disasters. Primacy abroad did not insulate them, convinced of their unique place in human history, from the trials and tribulations routinely befalling other, more ‘ordinary’ nations.

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Democrats may beat Trump in November and still not learn the most important lesson from his presidency
By Daniel Bessner, Non-Resident Fellow
Business Insider, 7/2/20


On August 9, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon resigned from office to avoid impeachment proceedings. One month later, his successor and former Vice President Gerald Ford officially pardoned him.

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Madcap militarism: H.R. McMaster’s dishonest attack on restraint
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The American Conservative, 6/29/20

H.R. McMaster looks to be one of those old soldiers with an aversion to following Douglas MacArthur’s advice to “just fade away.”

The retired army three-star general who served an abbreviated term as national security adviser has a memoir due out in September. Perhaps in anticipation of its publication, he has now contributed a big think-piece to the new issue of Foreign Affairs. The essay is unlikely to help sell the book.

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WEBINAR: America's endless wars come home: The militarization of the police
With Andrew Bacevich, Bill Hartung, and Wayne McElrath. Moderator: Sara DuBois.
Quincy Institute, 6/25/20

 

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