The PBS documentary fails to distinguish moral differences between belligerents, to account for the post-1968 strategy, and to learn the right lessons.
Mackubin Thomas OwensOctober 18, 2017
In this first of a two-part review, Mac Owens reflects on the Ken Burns & Lynn Novick PBS documentary “The Vietnam War” and why it falls short of its effort to provide a balanced view of the conflict.
Mackubin Thomas OwensOctober 17, 2017
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has won the Noble Prize for Peace. For a fiction.
Daniel StrandOctober 16, 2017
The fundamental problem with the old strategy is that it didn’t address fundamental problems: this one does
Rebeccah HeinrichsOctober 13, 2017
This essay, written by Lynn Harold Hough for Christianity and Crisis on October 19, 1942, praises the quiet strength and steely courage of the British people throughout World War Two.
Christianity & Crisis MagazineOctober 13, 2017
Churchill’s painting of Athens conveyed his hopes to Chancellor Adenauer that democracy could arise from the ruins of defeated and war-ravaged Germany.
Mark TooleyOctober 13, 2017
The U.S. Defense Department contains an inventory of roughly 7,100 nuclear warheads. About 4,760 are active, while approximately 2,340 warheads are retired, but still intact. The retired warheads are in storage and await dismantlement. Here is what you should know about nuclear weapons:
Joe CarterOctober 12, 2017
Across the globe, people of faith are under assault. Sam Brownback, set to be the new US Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, aims to help them.
Erin RodewaldOctober 11, 2017
50 years ago, one war lasting approximately 132 hours changed the Middle East. Forever.
Marc LiVecche & Michael OrenOctober 10, 2017
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