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War

The Living Hell of the Japanese-American War
The explosive residue of America's atomic bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 dominates relations between Japan and the United States.

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Lobbying for Iran War, AIPAC’s Napkin Is Half-Empty
Robert Naiman: Blowing up President Obama's diplomacy with Iran would be the foreign policy equivalent of repealing ObamaCare.

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Ninety-Nine Years Ago: A Pause in the War on Christmas
Frank Richards remembers how Officers of both sides of a war came to an understanding that the unofficial truce during trench warfare on Christmas.

Two Million Voices to Remember, Two Million Afghan Victims of War, Including Hashim and Zukoom
Afghans are smothered in the cross-fire among the Powers, in declarations and Agreements for more war.

Economics by Other Means: War, Poverty and Conflict Minerals in Africa
With support from Moscow, Washington, and the former imperial capitals no longer assured, armed groups in Africa now compete for riches in diamond mines, gold pits, oil wells, and …

Hollywood Without the Happy Ending: How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror
Think of it as the CIAu2019s plunge into Hollywoodu2014or into the absurd. As recent revelations have made clear, that Agencyu2019s moves couldnu2019t be have been more far-fetched or more …

The American Way of Manners, Col. Manners Answers Your Questions on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance
Many publications have advice columnists, but none has our old friend Colonel Manners. His assignment: to answer questions from Americans puzzled by the abstruse intricacies of the American way …

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Peace Options on Iran
For decades, the default ideology of Official Washingtonu2019s foreign policy has been u201ctough-guy-ism,u201d wielding sticks and mocking those who offer carrots, a pattern that could start a disastrous war …

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Militarism and Violence are So Yesterday: It’s Time to Make Peace the Reality
It's time to stop glorifying war and violence and to replace domination with cooperation.

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Betraying Our Soldiers Wounded in Wars of Empire and Profit
Heroics in wars abroad are praised by politicians and generals, but the returning wounded are largely shunted aside, only infrequently covered by the press or discussed by government officials. …