Unable to stomach 24/7 coverage of an election that barely broached America’s longest-war, I got to reminiscing about the colonels and generals from my 2011-12 Afghan adventure; wondering--like Garth Brooks--"What…
Why do so many aspects of American policy abroad remain ill-considered and undiscussed even in the midst of the most embattled presidential campaign of our lifetimes?
While in scale and scope the mission is comparably modest, it's perhaps most illustrative of how a generation of off-the-rails hyper-interventionism “ends.”
Danny Sjursen talks about the most recent rift between Trump and the military and what veterans really think about the president and his policies.
To illustrate the scope of the dishonesty in the U.S. military and its implications, I’ve conjured up a conversation between three senior army officers.
Early in the pandemic, Chris Hedges warned that, compared to what may lie ahead, 'these were the good times.' What about now?
Dean Yates was the head of Reuters' Baghdad bureau when two of his employees were killed by the U.S. Army.
Sjursen's latest book asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism.
The threat of armed violence shapes the major life decisions of so many people of color today.
The journalist examines the disastrous inevitability of America’s failures in the Middle East as the region continues to reel from decades of U.S.-sponsored turmoil.
The future of forever war, American-style
A military spouse’s perspective on fighting this pandemic
In a raw new interview, the recently retired Army major opens up about his 18 years as a witness to America's forever wars.
The two veterans trace the United States' violent trajectory since the Vietnam War.
The Ph.D. candidate and war veteran explores his disillusionment with liberals, whose anti-war politics are anything but.
