MixedThe New York Times Book ReviewThis book, Bacevich’s eighth, extends his string of brutal, bracing and essential critiques of the pernicious role of reflexive militarism in American foreign policy. As in past books, Bacevich is thought-provoking, profane and fearless. Assailing generals, journalists and foreign policy experts alike, he links together more than a dozen military interventions that span 35 years and declares them a single war ... But it is in his description of the 'Islamic world,' that Bacevich stumbles. What is missing in this book about 'the greater Middle East' are the people of the greater Middle East.
