Tag Archive | "war"

Books: Barry Unsworth’s Land of Marvels

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Books: Barry Unsworth’s <em>Land of Marvels</em>

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.

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Exit Interview: Chuck Yeager

Monday, January 26, 2009

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Exit Interview: Chuck Yeager

The greatest pilot in military history weighs in on breaking the sound barrier and butterscotch pie.

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Afghanistan: The New War for Hearts and Minds

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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Afghanistan: The New War for Hearts and Minds

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.

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Ed Zwick on his Defiance

Friday, January 16, 2009

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Ed Zwick on his <em>Defiance</em>

After 10 years of effort, the director of such epics as Glory, The Last Samurai, and Blood Diamond finally brings his new World War II saga to the screen.

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CNN’s Prisoner of War

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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CNN’s Prisoner of War

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.

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Cofer Black, Out of the Shadows

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Cofer Black, Out of the Shadows

In his first in-depth interview, the former CIA head of counterterrorism and current vice chair of Blackwater talks about trying to warn President Bush before the 9/11 attacks, waterboarding, and how America can win the war on terror.

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