"Crisp prose, sweeping historical analysis and searing
observations on the roots of American decadence elevate this book
from a mere scolding to an urgent call for rational thinking and
measured action, for citizens to wise up and put their house in
order."-Publishers Weekly
"In this utterly original book, Andrew Bacevich explains how our
'empire of consumption' contains the seeds of its own destruction
and why our foreign policy establishment in Washington is totally
incapable of coming to grips with it. Indispensable reading for
every citizen."-Chalmers Johnson, author of the Blowback
Trilogy
"A clear-eyed look into the abyss of America''s failed wars, and
the analysis needed to climb out. In Andrew Bacevich, realism and
moral vision meet."-James Carroll, author of House of
War
"In The Limits of Power, Andrew Bacevich takes aim at
America's culture of exceptionalism and scores a bulls eye. He
reminds us that we can destroy all that we cherish by pursuing an
illusion of indestructibility."-Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor USMC
(Ret.), co-author of The General's War and Cobra
II
"Andrew Bacevich has written a razor sharp dissection of the
national myths which befuddle U.S. approaches to the outside world
and fuel the Washington establishment's dangerous delusions of
omnipotence. His book should be read by every concerned US
citizen."-Anatol Lieven, author of America Right or Wrong: An
Anatomy of American Nationalism
"In The Limits of Power, Andrew Bacevich delivers
precisely what the Republic has so desperately needed: an analysis
of America''s woes that goes beyond the villain of the moment,
George W. Bush, and gets at the heart of the delusions that have
crippled the country''s foreign policy for decades. Bacevich writes
with a passionate eloquence and moral urgency that makes this book
absolutely compelling. Everyone should read it."-Mark Danner,
author of Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War
on Terror