Andrew Bacevich’s latest book poses penetrating questions that transcend its title: “The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory” (Metropolitan Books, 256 pp ...

ANDREW BACEVICH: Well, first of all, you know, we should not take at face value anything the parties say, whether we’re talking about Russia, China, Ukraine or the United States.

ANDREW BACEVICH: Well, I mean, I don’t — not for an instant would I want to minimize the horrors that are unfolding in Ukraine today and the deaths and the injuries inflicted on noncombatants.

Bacevich points out that in 2011 government investigators determined that “war planners have wasted as much as $60 billion on contract fraud and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, about $1 for every ...

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE America’s Role in a World Transformed. By Andrew Bacevich. Twenty years ago this Sept. 11, America suffered a horror that led to far larger disasters. Within little more ...

ANDREW BACEVICH: Exactly. You know, Phyllis and I have appeared on a few panels from time to time, and I have to say, we frequently disagreed, but I agree 100 percent with everything that she just ...

ANDREW BACEVICH: Well, from my point of view, the big thing that’s missing is a willingness to take on board the progress, or lack thereof, of U.S. military involvement in the Islamic world.

In Bacevich’s case, he is not comforted by the respected military leaders like Kelly, Secretary of State James Mattis, or national security adviser H.R. McMaster, serving inside the Trump ...

In "After The Apocalypse," author Andrew Bacevich argues that the most important threats the U.S. faces are in North America, not on battlefields in the Middle East.

ANDREW BACEVICH: Well, apparently he’s forgotten that commentary, because he’s now basically reciting the line, again, with regard to Saudi Arabia, that this is a strategically important country.

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Andrew Bacevich. On why it's important not to get caught up in Trump’s rhetoric “So much of what the president says is utter nonsense, and it's important to call him on it.