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William J. Astore, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and professor of history, is a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network, an organization of critical veteran military and national security professionals. His personal substack is Bracing Views. His video testimony for the Merchants of Death Tribunal is here. His new book, drawn from his articles for TomDispatch, is "American Militarism on Steroids: The Military-Industrial Complex, Unbounded, Uncontained, and Undemocratic."

The end of the world (Shutterstock)

Preparing for doomsday

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America’s real red scare

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President Donald Trump listens in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Sixty-two percent of Americans turned thumbs down on Trump’s handling of health care during the initial weeks of his presidency, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It was his worst rating among seven issues the poll tested, which included the economy, foreign policy and immigration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Putting the U.S. military first, second, third: What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean?

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(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Losing a war — one bad metaphor at a time

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The dark (k)night: Donald Trump’s new world order spells bad times ahead

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Michael T. Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for National Security Advisor, waits for an elevator at Trump Tower, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (AP)

Too many generals spoil democracy: Trump’s push to “win” with warriors is a loss for America

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The Folly of American Air Power: The U.S. Air Force produces only human suffering

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America’s worst affluenza case: The U.S. military is blowing through our tax dollars

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We still think we’re heroes: The sad denialism that plagues American foreign policy

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(White House Historical Association)

Thomas Jefferson’s urgent lesson for America: The less force we wield, the more powerful we become

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