{"product_id":"breach-of-trust-andrew-bacevich-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Bacevich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250055385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250055385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2014 pg. 56","brand":"Andrew Bacevich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995665563903,"sku":"9781250055385","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ada3213-8f1c-42e4-9451-4e180689f54c.jpg?v=1683337116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breach-of-trust-andrew-bacevich-9781250055385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}