Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War
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"Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy consensus and argues it has entrenched a self-perpetuating state of endless military intervention.
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| Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War canonical | 2 |
| The United States has drifted into a state of permanent war | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War Context triple: [Andrew Bacevich, hasWritten, Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War]
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The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
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Obama's Wars
"Obama's Wars" is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that examines the internal debates and decision-making within the Obama administration over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
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D.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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E.
The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China is a documentary film by journalist and filmmaker John Pilger that examines rising U.S.–China tensions and the military, political, and historical forces driving them.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War Target entity description: "Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy consensus and argues it has entrenched a self-perpetuating state of endless military intervention.
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A.
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
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B.
Obama's Wars
"Obama's Wars" is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that examines the internal debates and decision-making within the Obama administration over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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C.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
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D.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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E.
The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China is a documentary film by journalist and filmmaker John Pilger that examines rising U.S.–China tensions and the military, political, and historical forces driving them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| argues |
U.S. foreign policy is guided by a self-perpetuating set of assumptions favoring military solutions
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U.S. leaders routinely exaggerate threats to justify military spending and interventions ⓘ the Cold War strategic consensus has outlived the Cold War itself ⓘ the United States has embraced a condition of permanent war ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Bacevich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
presidential reliance on military power
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the Washington foreign policy establishment ⓘ the notion of American global primacy as a permanent objective ⓘ |
| followedBy | The New American Militarism-related later works by Andrew Bacevich ⓘ |
| genre |
foreign policy analysis
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military history ⓘ political nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780805091412 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of U.S. global military dominance
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critical of bipartisan foreign policy elites ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civil–military relations in the United States
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continuity between Democratic and Republican foreign policies ⓘ costs of empire ⓘ limits of American military power ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Andrew Bacevich’s experience as a U.S. Army officer
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Iraq War ⓘ Vietnam War legacy ⓘ post–Cold War U.S. interventions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cold War legacy in U.S. policy
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U.S. military interventionism ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ bipartisan foreign policy consensus ⓘ military–industrial complex ⓘ national security policy of the United States ⓘ permanent war ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the phrase “Washington rules” to describe entrenched policy assumptions
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systematic critique of permanent-war mentality in Washington ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 304 ⓘ |
| partOf | Andrew Bacevich’s body of work on American militarism ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| proposes |
reconsideration of America’s global role
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reducing U.S. reliance on military force in foreign policy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Metropolitan Books ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in U.S. foreign policy
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scholars and students of international relations ⓘ |
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Subject: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War Description of subject: "Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy consensus and argues it has entrenched a self-perpetuating state of endless military intervention.
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After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
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Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War
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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
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centralClaim
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The United States has drifted into a state of permanent war
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linked to: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War