Richard Beck, Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life (Penguin, 2024). Almost a quarter-century after 9/11, the War on Terror no longer dominates U.S. foreign policy and is less central to our politics and culture. While this conflict has few defenders today, the questions of why it was fought, how it went awry, and what this history means for the future of U.
S. policy are still up in the air. For the restraint movement, associated with organizations like the Quincy Institute, the Cato Institute, and Defense Priorities, the War on Terror was a string of unmitigated disasters. It causedThe post The War on Terror Was Not a Morality Tale appeared first on War on the Rocks.