war
A refugee’s fragmented memory
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s fractured and stirring memoir is haunted by war—and religion.
A nonviolent war effort
Thomas Ricks analyzes the civil rights movement in military terms.
A war correspondent’s view of conflict in the US
Luke Mogelson turns his keen powers of observation on the worsening polarization in this country.
Joy Harjo gives words to the poet warriors who were her ancestors
The Indigenous writer’s new memoir understands memory as counsel and ritual as the potency of love.
The UN Security Council couldn’t stop Russia’s war against Ukraine
The need to reimagine its structure has never been greater.
Ukraine’s sleepless children
A failed high school science experiment increased my empathy for those who can’t sleep.
The first question about the war in Afghanistan is why we were even there
There was never a good way to leave—or stay.
What the US has wrought in Yemen
Biden’s announcement of the end of American involvement is refreshingly clear and straightforward—assuming it pans out.
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
Are we really “at war” with the coronavirus?
The language of war garners collective resolve. But that’s not all it does.
The many failures revealed by the Afghanistan Papers
US officials have been lying about the war since it started. Why don’t we care?
Robbed of victory in Russia
Svetlana Alexievich tells the stories behind Russia's wartime psychology.
Was the 1928 Paris Peace Pact really a failure?
It didn't eliminate war. Still, it transformed international relations.
Can war be beautiful?
Fiction and photographs offer nuanced depictions of conflict.
Witnesses to war
Ordinary people from Syria, Libya, and Iraq shed light on the costs of conflict.
The war we aren't winning
The United States has been engaged for decades in a seemingly endless series of wars and military operations.
What soldiers come home to
Can Christians display a life together that’s as compelling as war?
America’s War for the Greater Middle East, by Andrew J. Bacevich
Bacevich provides another case of the fraught dream of managing history that Reinhold Niebuhr critiqued.
Let's not help ISIS create chaos
As Rusty Foster would say, the takes are in. Everyone’s got something to say about global terrorism, ISIS, and refugees, and some of it is even worth reading.
If you’re only going to read one longer piece, I recommend this one by Scott Atran and Nafees Hamid.
Afterwar, by Nancy Sherman
Nancy Sherman's message is clear: society must understand the totality of human experiences of war, including their moral dimensions.
reviewed by Zachary Moon