40 Years On, the Taste of Defeat in Vietnam Has Only Become More Rancid 40 Years On, the Taste of Defeat in Vietnam Has Only Become More Rancid
The lesson US presidents learned from it was not no more wars, just no more drafts.
Apr 28, 2015 / Peter Davis
Drone Accidents Happen Drone Accidents Happen
But hey, we’re sure someone will be held accountable for the thousands of civilian deaths at some point...right?
Apr 28, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
How Do You Win a Failed War? Rewrite the Ending. How Do You Win a Failed War? Rewrite the Ending.
The Vietnam War was indisputably an American-grown disaster. But why let truth stand in the way of glory?
Apr 27, 2015 / Christian Appy
AIPAC vs. the Neocons on Iran AIPAC vs. the Neocons on Iran
Neocons will lose the Iran fight because their bankrupt ideology is too partisan, but they’re winning the war of ideas in the GOP.
Apr 24, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Even Centrists Are Warning of War With Russia Even Centrists Are Warning of War With Russia
Moderate political commentators are finally admitting what some have been saying for months—that war with Russia is a real possibility.
Apr 24, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us
From climate change to endless war, we owe the next generation an apology for the mess we’re leaving them.
Apr 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year
The spate of murders and suspicious suicides does not bode well for Ukraine’s democracy.
Apr 21, 2015 / James Carden
How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River? How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River?
Inside the shadowy operations of the US Africa Command.
Apr 21, 2015 / Nick Turse
We Need a New US-Russia Détente We Need a New US-Russia Détente
What will it take to repair US-Russian relations?
Apr 20, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born
Notoriously prickly about his press, Hitler wrote in to complain about a minor factual discrepancy.
Apr 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac