Beyond

We say we’re a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?

Why America shouldn’t panic about its latest challenger.

For nearly two decades, US leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We're making progress in Afghanistan. They weren't, documents show, and they knew it.

In Theodor de Bry’s illustrations for "True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia," the Algonquin are made to look like the Irish. Surprise.

Decades of militarization in U.S. foreign policy have fueled violence at every level of American society.

The U.S. government orchestrated the roundup of people of Japanese descent in 12 Latin American countries, citing “hemispheric security."

How the United States became the world’s police force.

American toilet-building and the continuities of colonial and postcolonial development.

Recently declassified documents constitute a gruesome and sadistic catalog of state terrorism.

A close look at the consequences of nuclear testing.

An excerpt from ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I.

We invest a great deal of collective energy in commemorating our war dead. But do we remember them?

Archival records make clear that the U.S. government was the key actor in the 1953 coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddeq—not the Iranian clergy.

An Iraqi soldier recalls fleeing through hell at the end of the first gulf war.

And good for him. Nations have always competed for strategically placed land and resources.

Cabinet members slugged it out, but the one with the real war experience convinced Reagan not to avenge the Marine barracks bombing.

In the post-war era, a wave of American young evangelists flocked to Europe to claim the continent for Christ. And the exchanges went both ways.

Some archaeologists argue it’s essential to preserve the history of lunar exploration. But would it represent a claim of U.S. sovereignty over the moon?

Hundreds of Marines lost their lives in Helmand. Former Marine Christopher Jones returns to see what those losses achieved.

Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.

Mystery sorrounds the life of alumnus Homer Smith, who spent decades on an international odyssey to find a freedom in a place he could call home.

Or, the pros and Contras of relying on political reporters.

President Trump’s skirting around Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia is only the latest example of presidential overreach.

The Amazon CEO's vision of space settlements draws on 1970s thinking, without adding anything new.

In "Algiers, Third World Capital," Elaine Mokhtefi captures a world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.

As the British Empire's power expanded, piracy became criminalized.

If we want to fight capitalism, the US left has to figure out how to confront US empire.

What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.

Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.

Despite the Interior Department’s name, the agency has played a key role in the construction of American foreign policy and territorial expansion.