How America’s Broken Service Academies Create a Broken Military How America’s Broken Service Academies Create a Broken Military
Many of the military’s problems begin with the training of its leaders.
Aug 18, 2015 / William J. Astore
Stop Turning the End of Slavery Into Army Propaganda Stop Turning the End of Slavery Into Army Propaganda
Yes, the United States army, “wearing this blue uniform,” helped destroy slavery. Doesn’t it matter what else that army has done?
Aug 12, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Where Did the Antiwar Movement Go? Where Did the Antiwar Movement Go?
During Vietnam, it felt like the war sat right on America’s doorstep. Today, we’ve largely disengaged from the terror our military commits.
Aug 11, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Death and Destruction in the Wake of Nagasaki Death and Destruction in the Wake of Nagasaki
Five teenagers who survived the atomic bomb recall the early moments of the nuclear age.
Aug 6, 2015 / Susan Southard
The War Was Won Before Hiroshima—And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It The War Was Won Before Hiroshima—And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It
Seventy years after the bombing, will Americans face the brutal truth?
Aug 6, 2015 / Gar Alperovitz
70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan 70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan
We’ve somehow convinced ourselves that Hiroshima was an act of mercy.
Aug 4, 2015 / Christian Appy
Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother
James K. Polk was condemned by John Quincy Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Abraham Lincoln on issues of human bondage and lawless militarism.
Aug 3, 2015 / John Nichols
Will France and Other European Countries Break With the US on the Ukrainian Crisis? Will France and Other European Countries Break With the US on the Ukrainian Crisis?
Or could we see a thaw in US–Russian relations?
Jul 29, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Could Japan Become America’s New Proxy Army? Could Japan Become America’s New Proxy Army?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to alter a key provision of Japan’s constitution to lift the country’s 70-year ban on foreign deployments.
Jul 27, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
July 26, 1948: President Harry Truman Desegregates the US Military July 26, 1948: President Harry Truman Desegregates the US Military
“Russia's race-equality doctrines create far more serious psychological and propaganda difficulties for the army than did the self-defeating racism of Nazi Germany.”
Jul 26, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner