Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (32 page)

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Copyright © 2013 by Andrew J. Bacevich

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data

Bacevich, Andrew J.

    Breach of trust: how Americans failed their soldiers and their country / Andrew J. Bacevich.—First Edition.

            p. cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-8050-8296-8

  1.  War and society—United States.   2.  National security—Social aspects—United States.   3.  Military service, Voluntary—United States.   4.  Sacrifice—Social aspects—United States.   5.  Citizenship—Social—United States.   6.  United States—History, Military—20th century.   7.  United States—History, Military—21st century.   I.  Title.

    E181.B15 2013

    355.00973—dc23                                 2013004885

First Edition 2013

eISBN 9780805096033