Andrew J. Bacevich, Sr. is an American historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy and American diplomatic and military history. He is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. He is also a retired career officer in the Armor Branch of the United States Army, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He is a former director of Boston University's Center for International Relations (from 1998 to 2005), now part of the Pardee School of Global Studies. Bacevich has been "a persistent, vocal critic of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, calling the conflict a catastrophic failure."In March 2007, he described George W. Bush's endorsement of such "preventive wars" as "immoral, illicit, and imprudent." His son, Andrew Bacevich Jr., also an Army officer, died fighting in the Iraq War in May 2007.

Additional Resources: 

Dr. Andrew Bacevich: Since the end of the Cold War, the US has used its military recklessly and foolishly -October 13,2016

The baby boomers’ monumental quagmire in Iraq- October 6, 2016 

Andrew Bacevich: Why Is No Candidate Offering an Alternative to Militarized U.S. Foreign Policy? - March 10, 2016

Andrew Bacevich: Ongoing Wars in Iraq & Syria Continue Decades of Failed U.S. Militarism in Mideast -Nov. 2, 2015 

Andrew Bacevich: Chaos in Iraq June 29, 2014

Lessons Learned: The Iraq Invasion - May/June 2013

A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz: Occasioned by the tenth anniversary of the Iraq war- March 2013

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Lessons of Endless War -August 14, 2008 

I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty - May 27, 2007

Former Soldier, Now a Professor, Loses His Only Son to a War He Actively Opposed - May 16, 2007 

America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History By Andrew Bacevich 2017, available on Amazon 

Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed their Soldiers & their Country By Andrew Bacevich, 2013, available on Amazon