William J. Astore
William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF), is a regular contributor to TomDispatch. He has taught at the Air Force Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School, and now teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
ALL POSTS BY William J. Astore
September 13, 2017The "world's greatest military" is out everywhere and winning nowhere.
June 8, 2017We're witnessing the slow-motion collapse of the American empire.
March 24, 2016With the end of the draft came the end of America's citizen-soldier tradition. The new, all-volunteer military is far more powerful, far less accountable and far more dangerous.
