Ari Paul / 13 Feb 2023
Cold War Blame Games
Seymour Hersh and Nord Stream
Seymour Hersh, the legendary investigative journalist who uncovered American war crimes in Vietnam and Iraq, has been in journalistic hibernation for some time. (...)
Vietnam
John Foster / 18 Nov 2022
The Forever War Comes Home
Ukraine and American Strategy
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues with no end in sight.(...)
John Foster / 10 Sep 2021
Born to Lose
America in Afghanistan
When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table.(...)
John Foster / 19 Apr 2021
After Afghanistan
Last Lesson From Vietnam, Part II
The advent of the Biden Administration presaged many changes in US foreign policy. (...)
John Foster / 16 Apr 2021
Last Lesson From Vietnam
Afghanistan, or How to Stay at War
On 20 January 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as president of the United States.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 09 Apr 2021
Colonial Subjects Forever
The Committed, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
“Why should I worry about deviating from the masses when I am also me and myself? Am I not a mass? Am I not already a collective? Do I not contain multitudes?” (...)
Joel Schalit / 17 Jun 2020
George Floyd in Germany
The America Problem
All of the signs were in English. For most Berliners, the language is so common, they take it for granted. Especially for a city in which a quarter of the population is international.(...)
John Foster / 15 Jun 2020
American Killing Fields
Vincent Bevins’ The Jakarta Method
The short twentieth century, running from 1914 to 1989 is generally divided into two halves. The first, ending 1945, is the era of mass slaughter. (...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Jan 2020
Two Scalps Are Better Than One
America and Islam
Nobody remembers al-Baghdadi. The head of ISIS, who was killed by American commandos in a nighttime raid in Syria, in October, was nowhere to be found.(...)
Josh White / 09 Aug 2019
The Patriotism Industry
Brexit Cinema War Chic
War films are the new chic. The most common setting being the Second World War, they’re the perfect genre for Brexit-era flag-waving exercises. It’s no surprise and no coincidence.(...)