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🗓️ 25 August 2022
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Dissent. It’s a word people don’t like to hear, especially coming from the military. But it’s also a vitally important component of any vibrant democracy. Dissent, especially informed dissent, can pull us back from the brink and help us make better choices. We are one year out from the end of America’s direct involvement in Afghanistan and, after two decades of war, it’s time to start listening to the dissenters.
That’s what the new book Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars hopes to do: give voice to that informed dissent.
With us today is one of the books’ editors, returning guest Andrew Bacevich. Bacevich is a West Point graduate, a 23 year U.S. Army Veteran, a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University, and … a dissenter.
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0:47.0 | Descent. It's a word people don't like to hear especially coming from military, but |
0:52.3 | it's also a vitally important component of every vibrant democracy. |
0:57.1 | Descent, especially informed dissent, can pull us back from the brink and help us make better choices. |
1:02.2 | We are one year out from the end of |
1:04.3 | America's direct involvement in Afghanistan and after two decades of war it's time to |
1:09.5 | start listening to dissenters. That's what the new book Paths of Dissent Soldiers |
1:14.2 | Speak Out against America's misguided wars hopes to do. Give a voice to that |
1:18.6 | informed dissent. With us today is one of the book's editors returning guest Andrew |
1:23.2 | Bicovich. Bicovich is a West Point graduate, a 23-year US Army veteran, a |
1:28.1 | professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University and |
1:32.3 | a dissenter. |
1:34.0 | Sir, thank you so much for coming on to the show and talking with us about this new book. |
1:39.0 | Glad to be with you. Thank you very much. |
1:41.0 | Absolutely. |
1:42.0 | Can you tell us kind of the origin story of this book? |
1:47.0 | You know I don't remember precisely, but Danny Shearson But Danny Scherson, who is a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, like me, a graduate of West Point and as a friend of mine. And of course of some |
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