They return seemingly intact but beset by fierce migraines and sleepless nights, unable to complete the most basic tasks. It’s an epidemic not seen in previous wars — tens of thousands of soldiers afflicted with a brain condition caused by repeated exposure to blasts. And the military has done little to help them.
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2009
For any man who has led a vibrant, robust life, the realities of aging can be humbling. But as the author has discovered, coming to terms with that is one of life’s great empowerments.
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
The director known for Point Break delivers the best movie yet on the life of U.S. soldiers in the Iraq war.
Continue reading...Friday, March 20, 2009
Whether you're a devotee of mountain sports, an advocate for public access to public lands, or are just looking for seven-plus minutes of T.G.I.F. video to lift your spirits (and make you wish you were in Telluride right now) -- well, this is your link.
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Booker Prize finalist Barry Unsworth's latest is set in 1914 Baghdad. It has nothing to do with the current war in Iraq — which means it has everything to do with the current war in Iraq.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
ROBERT YOUNG PELTON goes deep inside America’s new, brainier strategy in Afghanistan and finds that, on the front line, scientists and soldiers don’t always mix. An absurdist tale of modern warfare.
Continue reading...Thursday, December 11, 2008
He had been hunted, kidnapped, and told he was filming his own execution. But CNN correspondent Michael Ware had no plans to leave Iraq. Now, it won’t leave him.
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
David Simon, the writer-producer behind The Wire, explains how a 6-foot-5 Swede brought his Iraq war miniseries, Generation Kill, alive.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
In December, more than 60 soldiers serving in Iraq will run a marathon simultaneously with 17,000 others in Dallas.
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
How do you keep from losing when you can't win? General Petraeus's struggle to save Iraq.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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