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William Astore

William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and professor of history, is a TomDispatch regular.  He welcomes reader comments at wjastore@gmail.com. To listen to Timothy MacBain's latest TomCast audio interview in which Astore discusses the difficulty of speaking one’s mind in the military, click here, or download it to your iPod here.

 

Articles by this author:

May 15, 2012
The National Security State Wins (Again)
December 8, 2011
Fighting 1% Wars: Why Our Wars of Choice May Prove Fatal
23 Comments
June 14, 2011
Siamese Twins Sharing the Same Brain: How the Military and the Civilian Are Blurring in Washington
14 Comments
May 12, 2011
The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes: Washington Court Culture and Its Endless Wars
52 Comments
February 21, 2011
The Cost of Our Wars
38 Comments
January 6, 2011
Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire
93 Comments
December 7, 2010
The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer
124 Comments
November 1, 2010
The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away from War’s Horrific Realities
23 Comments
July 22, 2010
“Our American Heroes”: Why It’s Wrong to Equate Military Service with Heroism
127 Comments
March 18, 2010
The Pentagon Church Militant and Us
11 Comments