{"product_id":"breach-of-trust-9781250055385","title":"Breach of Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States has been \"at war\" for more than a decade. Yet as war has become normalized, a yawning gap has opened between America's soldiers and the society in whose name they fight. For ordinary citizens, as former secretary of defense Robert Gates has acknowledged, armed conflict has become an \"abstraction\" and military service \"something for other people to do.\" In \u003ci\u003eBreach of Trust\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich takes stock of the damage this disconnect has wrought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational defense, he argues, should become the business of \"we the people.\" Should Americans refuse to shoulder this responsibility, the prospect of endless war, waged by a \"foreign legion\" of professionals and contractor-mercenaries, beckons. So too does bankruptcy--moral as well as fiscal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250055385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2014 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrew Bacevich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648533328028,"sku":"9781250055385","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9c9c1502-b058-48d9-9240-ee2eae31ce65.jpg?v=1603870316","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/breach-of-trust-9781250055385","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}