US Wars and Military Action

The Secret War to Come The Secret War to Come

The White House is likely to keep a don't-rock-the-boat Congress in the dark.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

The Geopolitics of War The Geopolitics of War

Whoever controls Saudi Arabia's oil wields great power over the world economy.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

Defining a Just War Defining a Just War

Ends and means.

Oct 11, 2001 / Feature / Richard Falk

The Limits of War The Limits of War

The war in Afghanistan, coming after the atrocities of September 11, provokes a welter of contradictory emotions. On the one side, a desire for justice and a yearning for security...

Oct 11, 2001 / The Editors

New War, Old Weapons New War, Old Weapons

President Bush has stated that his global campaign against terrorism will be a "new kind of war," in which traditional military approaches will give way to a more innovative mix o...

Oct 11, 2001 / William D. Hartung

Dry Up the Pools of Discontent Dry Up the Pools of Discontent

The bombing part is easy. Not of course on the civilians, the "collateral damage" likely to be killed in unseemly large numbers, as they were during the Gulf War.

Oct 10, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001

Our own ‘phony war.’

Oct 4, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

Vieques Si! Yanqui No? Vieques Si! Yanqui No?

Puerto Ricans of all stripes question the Navy's presence there.

Aug 9, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Liberating Vieques Liberating Vieques

When George W. Bush announced from Sweden on June 14 that he planned to pull the US Navy out of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques by 2003, it struck some as odd when he referred ...

Jun 21, 2001 / Angelo Falcón

‘The Vietnam Syndrome’ ‘The Vietnam Syndrome’

The Kerrey revelations raise anew issues of morality and military power.

Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Richard Falk

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