World

The Spies Who Loved Us? The Spies Who Loved Us?

I still kick myself for not having saved the short story I wrote for composition class in seventh grade in which I described how the Russians took over my small suburban communit...

May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ellen Schrecker

Ulster Veto, Ulster Terror Ulster Veto, Ulster Terror

If Bill Clinton finds time to look up from the debacle of NATO's bombing of Serbia, he will find that Protestant holdouts in Northern Ireland are on the verge of denying him the ...

May 6, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Liberals’ Folly The Liberals’ Folly

Liberals in the Democratic Party should withdraw their support for the Kosovo war. So should the Democratic Party.

May 6, 1999 / Tom Hayden

Slobo in Prayer Slobo in Prayer

So Slobodan said prayers with Jesse.
But prayed for what? Who knows? I'd guess he
Would say, "So stop the bombs!" and then amens.
Except when bombs no longer shower

May 6, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Stop the War Now Stop the War Now

NATO's war on Yugoslavia has failed catastrophically. The crimes against humanity that the alliance hoped to forestall continue to be visited upon the Albanian Kosovars.

May 6, 1999 / The Editors

‘Degrading’ America ‘Degrading’ America

It is imperative to focus on the essential reason Americans must unequivocally oppose the US-led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

May 6, 1999 / Stephen F. Cohen

Saddam the Phoenix Saddam the Phoenix

Thanks principally to the reports of Barton Gellman in the Washington Post since last October, we know that US intelligence services fatally misused the United Nations Special C...

Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dilip Hiro

Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq

Iraq is out of the news, mostly, except for the occasional report of a missile fired from a US jet flying over it on patrol. And Maj. Scott Ritter is off the air.

Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William M. Arkin

Belgrade Degraded Belgrade Degraded

Every now and then it really happens. A "military spokesman" emerges to prove that Joseph Heller was a realist, and Catch-22 a work of reportorial integrity.

Apr 29, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Preventive Diplomacy Preventive Diplomacy

The US/NATO war in Kosovo marks a dramatic shift in the contours of global politics and domestic foreign policy discussions that is likely to have ramifications for years to come...

Apr 21, 1999 / Feature / William D. Hartung

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