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Andrew Bacevich: Farewell, the American Century (video)

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Andrew Bacevich, author of the bestselling book The Limits Of Power discusses the end of the American century.Read more by Andrew Bacevich at ...

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Andrew Bacevich: Farewell, the American Century
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Crossposted with TomDispatch.com Rewriting the Past by Adding In What's Been Left Out In a recent column, the Washington Post's Richard Cohen wrote, "What Henry Luce called 'the American Century' is over." Cohen is right. All that remains is to drive a stake through the heart of Luce's pernicious creation, lest it come back to life. This promises to take some doing. When the Time-Life publisher coined his famous phrase, his intent was to prod his fellow citizens into action. Appearing in the February 7, 1941 issue of Life, his essay, "The American Century," hit the newsstands at a ...

Is Luce's "American Century" Finally Over?
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Via TomDispatch, Andrew J. Bacevich has an interesting take today on how to drive a stake through the heart of Hank Luce's "American century." A snippet, plus video: When the Time-Life publisher coined his famous phrase, his intent was to prod his fellow citizens into action. Appearing in the February 7, 1941 issue of Life, his essay, "The American Century," hit the newsstands at a moment when the world was in the throes of a vast crisis. A war in Europe had gone disastrously awry. A second almost equally dangerous conflict was unfolding in the Far East. Aggressors were on the march... Read today, Luce's ...