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September 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Insidious Ideology of Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War
Burns and co-director Lynn Novick take a "many sides" approach to history at a time when "many sides" is a tool of obfuscation.
April 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
Nixon Had His “Madman Theory.” Trump Is Just a Madman.
Nixon was smart and calculating. Trump is just ignorant and incompetent.
June 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Victory Came When He Didn’t Fight
His sincere pacifism ultimately matters more than his ferocity and brilliance in the ring.
May 23, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
President Obama is chilling with Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam.
February 8, 2016
Stephanie Heimann
Simone Sapienza’s United States of Vietnam
The Italian photographer captures the youthful spirit of a country looking toward a capitalist future.
April 30, 2015
Bartholomew Sparrow
Inside America's Massive, Messy Evacuation From Saigon
How the U.S. managed the failure of the Vietnam War 40 years ago
December 1, 2014
Paul D. Miller
America, Don't Give Up on Afghanistan
This war is still winnable
December 10, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Obamacare Is Obama's Katrina, Iraq, Vietnam, Apartheid, and Civil War—Combined
June 26, 2013
Michael Kazin
Daniel Ellsberg, the Original Big Leaker
Why a decades-old act of defiance still hasn't been surpassed
April 25, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
The Trial of Robert D. Kaplan
The Atlantic's absurd defense of Henry Kissinger
April 16, 2013
Jane Hu
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six: Episode 3, Post 2
“Do You Know What You’re Fighting For?”
April 15, 2013
Evan Kindley
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six: Episode 3
The Rules of Engagement
January 10, 2013
John B. Judis
Don't Believe What Today's GOP Says About the Foreign Policy "Mainstream"
January 8, 2013
Karl Marlantes
It's About Time That an Enlisted Man Ran the Military
December 18, 2012
John B. Judis
Don't Let Chuck Hagel's Hardline Israel Critics Sink His Nomination
November 20, 2012
Joshua Kurlantzick
The Moral and Strategic Blindspot in Obama’s Pivot to Asia
October 19, 2012
Max Boot
After Abbottabad: Navy SEALs and American Security
June 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Efficacy and Democracy
May 4, 2012
David Greenberg
The Romance of Realism
March 14, 2012
Lois Parshley
Peace Out

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