Your Call 060409 Has the Obama Administration learned the lessons of the Bush failures?

Has the Obama Administration learned the lessons of the Bush failures? On the next Your Call we speak with Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power. Bacevich rose to prominence as a fierce critic of the Bush administration's aspirations for and execution of military policy. Have we learned the lessons of imperial overreach? Are we shifting our military and diplomatic resources in a way that would protect the American people and improve the chances for reformers overseas? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Is Imperial America a thing of the past? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Andrew Bacevich in San Francisco
Professor of international relations and history at Boston University. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and retired with the rank of colonel. He is the author of several books, including American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U. S. Diplomacy and The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War. His most recent book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism is now out on paperback.

On May 13, 2007, Bacevich's son, also named Andrew J. Bacevich, was killed in action in Iraq. He was 27 and a first lieutenant assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

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