02214cam a22002657a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700800410003402000180007502000150009304000580010808200170016610000240018324500850020726000660029230000210035850400510037952012020043065000440163265100430167665100550171994200120177499900170178695201450180315988990BD-DhUL20160420191611.0091118r20092008nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9780805090161  a0805090169  aFGMcFGMdB2AdNLGGCdYDXCPdCTBdOCLCAdDLCdBD-DhUL00a320.973bBAL1 aBacevich, Andrew J.14aThe limits of power :bthe end of American exceptionalism /cAndrew J. Bacevich.  aNew York :bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,c2009.  a213 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThe Limits of Power identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; the government, transformed by an imperial presidency, is a democracy in form only; U.S. involvement in endless wars, driven by a deep infatuation with military power, has been a catastrophe for the body politic. These pressing problems threaten all of us, Republicans and Democrats. If the nation is to solve its predicament, it will need the revival of a distinctly American approach: the neglected tradition of realism. Andrew J. Bacevich, uniquely respected across the political spectrum, offers a historical perspective on the illusions that have governed American policy since 1945. The realism he proposes includes respect for power and its limits; sensitivity to unintended consequences; aversion to claims of exceptionalism; skepticism of easy solutions, especially those involving force; and a conviction that the books will have to balance. Only a return to such principles, Bacevich argues, can provide common ground for fixing America's urgent problems before the damage becomes irreparable.--From publisher description. 0aPower (Social sciences)zUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2001-2009.  2ddccBK  c56932d56932  00102ddc406320_973000000000000_BAL708NFIC995518aDULbDULcGENd2010-04-10ePurchasedo320.973 BALp442705r2016-04-20w2016-04-20yBK