# The Limits of Power Subtitle: *The End of American Exceptionalism*. Argues that three American crises are one crisis: a **crisis of profligacy** (consumption financed by debt), a **political crisis** (a national-security state escaped from legislative control), and a **military crisis** (commitments exceeding the force). The book's conservative core is its claim that the citizen has been reconverted into a consumer and that empire is the machinery keeping the consumption going. Compare [[Christopher Lasch]]. ## See Also - [[Andrew Bacevich]] — the author - [[Militarism]] · [[Forever Wars]] · [[Military-Industrial Complex]] [[Works Hub]]