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The Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The Modern History of Economic Sanctions

A review of “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War."

by Henry Farrell via Lawfare on March 1, 2022

Company of African American soldiers, 1865.

The Racial Politics of Demobilizing USCT Regiments

The inequitable dismissal of US soldiers following the conclusion of the Civil War.

by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. via Black Perspectives on February 2, 2022

Merchants of Death

From the Nye Committee to Joe Kent, the fight against war profiteering is a constant struggle.

by Hunter DeRensis via The American Conservative on November 8, 2021

Collage of Stephen Crane with Civil War scenes

The Miracle of Stephen Crane

Born after the Civil War, he turned himself into its most powerful witness—and modernized the American novel.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on October 18, 2021

9/11 Forever

Far from a relic of the past, September 11 continues to normalize previously unimaginable forms of state-sanctioned barbarity.

by Joseph Margulies via Boston Review on September 7, 2021

George W. Bush giving speech

In the Shadow of 9/11

Two new books argue that the War on Terror changed American politics, but what if the sources of its violence were already long present in the country?

by Samuel Moyn via The Nation on September 7, 2021

Plane with an eye in it and a bird's silhouette around.

Did Making the Rules of War Better Make the World Worse?

Why efforts to curb the cruelty of military force may have backfired.

by Dexter Filkins via The New Yorker on September 2, 2021

A protest sign against involvement in WWII

A Brief History of the "Isolationist" Strawman

The word “isolationist” has been used by the U.S. foreign policy establishment to narrow the range of acceptable public opinion on America’s role in the world.

by Brandan P. Buck via HNN on August 29, 2021

Painting of attack on Fort Washington

Morale Manipulation As the Central Strategic Imperative in the American Revolutionary War

Actions are more persuasive than words, and manipulating morale often dictates how commanders deploy their troops. Witness the American War of Independence.

by Woody Holton via Journal of the American Revolution on August 3, 2021

Toussaint Louverture proclaiming the Constitution of the Republic of Haiti

Contagious Constitutions

In her new book, Colley shows how written constitutions developed both as a way to further justify rulers and to turn rebellions into legitimate governments.

by Jenny Uglow via New York Review of Books on June 3, 2021

The Pantomime Drama of Victims and Villains Conceals the Real Horrors of War

Innocent, passive, apolitical: after the Holocaust, the standard for ‘true’ victimhood has worked to justify total war.

by Dirk Moses via Aeon on May 10, 2021

Silhouette with pieces of constitutions and other prints inside

When Constitutions Took Over the World

Was this new age spurred by the ideals of the Enlightenment or by the imperatives of global warfare?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on March 22, 2021

The ocean

Chemical Warfare’s Home Front

Since World War I we’ve been solving problems with dangerous chemicals that introduce new problems.

by Elizabeth Kolbert via New York Review of Books on February 11, 2021

Silhouette of a soldier sitting on aircraft

The Long Roots of Endless War

A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Nation on November 30, 2020

Monument of a fist holding a broken shackle

Atlantic Slavery: An Eternal War

Julia Gaffield reviews two books that discuss the transatlantic slave trade.

by Julia Gaffield via Public Books on November 30, 2020

Imperial Wars Always Come Home

All empires fall. When they do, the violence and terror they’ve wrought on others has a way of coming back around.

by Patrick Wyman via Perspectives: Past, Present, And Future on July 24, 2020

The Forever War Over War Literature

A post-9/11 veteran novelist explores a post-Vietnam literary soiree gone bad, and finds timeless lessons about a contentious and still-evolving genre.

by Matt Gallagher via The New Republic on July 17, 2020

We Used to Run This Country

Iran and surplus imperialism.

by Richard Beck via n+1 on June 22, 2020

Painting of a sinking ship on fire, in which the fire looks like the American flag.

The Confederate Project

What the Confederacy actually was: a proslavery anti-democratic state, dedicated to the proposition that all men were not created equal.

by Stephanie McCurry via Medium on June 16, 2020

War Has Been the Governing Metaphor for Decades of American Life

But the COVID-19 pandemic exposes its weaknesses.

by Paul M. Renfro via TIME on April 15, 2020

Propaganda poster from World War II showing a gloved hand holding a wrench and reading "America's answer!".

The Coronavirus War Economy Will Change the World

When societies shift their economies to a war footing, it doesn’t just help them survive a crisis—it alters them forever.

by Nicholas Mulder via Foreign Policy on March 26, 2020

President Trump Must Act Immediately to Protect Doctors and Nurses from Covid-19

Using the Defense Production Act is long overdue — and the health of our doctors and nurses is at stake.

by Peter A. Shulman via Made By History on March 22, 2020

‘1917’ and the Trouble With War Movies

"Every film about war ends up being pro-war," Francois Truffaut once said.

by Adam Nayman via The Ringer on January 29, 2020

The Long War Against Slavery

A new book argues that many seemingly isolated rebellions are better understood as a single protracted struggle.

by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on January 20, 2020

Can Historical Analysis Help Reduce Military Deaths by Suicide?

A longer look reveals interesting patterns and may clarify what is driving a rise in suicides.

by Jeffrey Allen Smith, Michael Doidge, Ryan Hanoa, B. Christopher Frueh via Made By History on January 17, 2020

Rambo Politics from Reagan to Trump

Trump links the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, positioning himself as Rambo, avenging American humiliation abroad.

by Bonnie Honig via Boston Review on January 6, 2020

The Infinity War

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

by Samuel Moyn, Stephen Wertheim via Washington Post on December 13, 2019

When Santa Claus Was Deplored in Wartime

The modern image of Santa Claus first appeared in a Civil War illustration, and it wasn’t the last time St. Nick was deployed in wartime.

by Christopher Klein via HISTORY on December 4, 2019

Enough Toxic Militarism

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

by Nikhil Pal Singh via Quincy Institute for Responsible State Craft on December 4, 2019

Whose Boots on the Ground

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

by Kiley Bense via Longreads on November 7, 2019

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