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How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered
America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret.
by
George Packer
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The Atlantic
on
July 1, 2021
Inside RFK's Funeral Train: How His Final Journey Helped a Nation Grieve
The New York-to-Washington train had 21 cars, 700 passengers—and millions of trackside mourners.
by
Steven M. Gillon
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HISTORY
on
June 7, 2021
The Book That Stopped an Outbreak of Nuclear War
A new history of the Cuban missile crisis emphasizes how close the world came to destruction—and how severe a threat the weapons still pose.
by
Andre Pagliarini
via
The New Republic
on
April 16, 2021
The Day Nuclear War Almost Broke Out
In the nearly sixty years since the Cuban missile crisis, the story of near-catastrophe has only grown more complicated.
by
Elizabeth Kolbert
via
The New Yorker
on
October 5, 2020
Assassination as Cure: Disease Metaphors and Foreign Policy
The poorly crafted disease metaphor often accompanies a bad outcome.
by
Sarah Swedberg
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Nursing Clio
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January 13, 2020
Aquarius Rising
Considering the religious roots of the 1960s anti-militarist counterculture.
by
Jackson Lears
via
New York Review of Books
on
September 6, 2018
My Fellow Prisoners
The grand lesson of John McCain's life should be that heroic politics is a broken politics.
by
George Blaustein
via
n+1
on
August 29, 2018
Remembrance of War as Warning
Might a new approach to war memorials keep us out of future unnecessary wars?
by
Christopher Preble
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War on the Rocks
on
August 13, 2018
The NFL Marketing Ploy That Was Too Successful For The League’s Own Good
For decades, the NFL has used patriotism to advance its interests. Now fans expect it to be something it never was.
by
Jesse Berrett
via
Washington Post
on
December 10, 2017
The Presidency Never Recovered After Vietnam
The war opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it.
by
Ken Burns
,
Lynn Novick
via
The Atlantic
on
September 12, 2017
How Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Won the 1964 New Hampshire Primary Without Lifting a Finger
Lodge's victory in the 1964 New Hampshire primary is a fascinating testament to the power of whim in American elections.
by
Seth Gannon
via
Slate
on
February 8, 2016
The Best Intentions
The Manhattan Project scientists tried to advocate for nuclear de-escalation-instead, they unwittingly abetted the Vietnam War.
by
Sarah Bridger
via
Slate
on
September 4, 2015
Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True
How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
by
Eric Schlosser
via
The New Yorker
on
January 17, 2014
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