war
What is poetry in the face of war?
Mosab Abu Toha’s poems are about Gaza. Reading them I saw all people who suffer.
Finding ourselves in a Nigerian war novel
Chigozie Obioma offers a narrative that transcends bullets and politics.
A refugee’s fragmented memory
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s fractured and stirring memoir is haunted by war—and religion.
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.
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?