william appleman williams

Mandeville, LA - [Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from Professor Andrew Bacevich's essay at the American Conservative website, here, I am still searching for a complete version of Williams' essay. - Ed. M.C.] "If we justify our intervention in Vietnam on the grounds that it is crucial to our national security, we will soon be able to justify using our power for whatever we happen at the moment to […]