Limits of Power: A contemporary take on Niebuhr

Andy Lang introduces Andrew Bacevich to Confessing-Christ group:


Andrew Bacevich is a Vietnam veteran, retired U.S. Army colonel and professor of international relations at Boston University. His son died in Iraq last year.
Bacevich uses what he describes as a "Niebuhrian" perspective in his recent book, "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism." Bacevich begins his book, with an epigraph taken from the Bible: "Put thine house in order." In his interview given to Bill Moyers' "Journal" he explained his choice to Bill Moyers:

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Read the full introduction to the Limits of Power

Also read from Moyers' Journal Bacevich's lecture on "Illusions of Managing History: The Enduring Relevance of Reinhold Niebuhr."