When was the last time the US won a war or solved a big problem? ANDREW BACEVICH served in the U.S. Army for 23 years, graduated from West Point and Princeton, and writes for both The Nation and American Conservative. His lastest book AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: America’s Role in a World Transformed is only 172 pages but asks big questions and questions accepted answers. Will the dangers and disasters we’ve been facing finally move us to abandon a set of beliefs about America, its identity, and its security that no longer work?