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Back to SearchRemembering Colin Powell
The death of the soldier-statesman Colin Powell threw into relief his remarkable public career and historic times, from his humble origins in the Bro…
4 years, 5 months ago
Origins of ROTC
Today the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is considered an important pillar of the U.S. military establishment. ROTC programs are offered at approxi…
4 years, 5 months ago
How the U.S. Got Mired in the Middle East
In 1990 the U.S. possessed one military base in the Middle East, a small naval installation in Bahrain. In August of that year Iraq invaded Kuwait, a…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Quad
China's wave of military exercises over Taiwan, which is raising the possibility of armed conflict, is overshadowing the development of the Biden adm…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Many Faces of Columbus
Christopher Columbus, a Genoese navigator, never knew America existed. He did not step foot in North America; until his death he believed he had reac…
4 years, 6 months ago
Our First Scourge
What comes to mind when you think of the 1770s? The Revolutionary War, probably. As the war for independence from Great Britain raged, so did the wor…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ignoring Eisenhower
In his farewell address 60 years ago, President Eisenhower delivered a warning about the risks of war and the dangers of runaway military and intelli…
4 years, 6 months ago
America's Longest War (No, not Afghanistan)
In the summer of 1971 President Richard Nixon declared "drug use public enemy number one," signaling the dramatic escalation of punitive measures aga…
4 years, 6 months ago
Forgetting the Holocaust
Is it possible for society to forget the Holocaust? As the war during which 6 million European Jews were murdered slowly recedes into history, surviv…
4 years, 6 months ago
Who Was Osama bin Laden? An interview with Peter Bergen
Although no one in the United States could have realized it at the time, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979 was a seminal moment in the …
4 years, 6 months ago