Tag Archive | "war"

In the April Issue: Gerard Butler

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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In the April Issue: Gerard Butler

Pick up the April issue of Men’s Journal to see the many sides of Gerard Butler, get the better of your back pains, and read about special ops airman Andy Kubik's battle with PTSD after his return from Iraq.

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The Other WWII

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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The Other WWII

A new miniseries bears down on the brutal, sometimes barbaric fighting in the Pacific theater.

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Q&A with The Messenger

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Q&A with The Messenger

A new film looks at the men whose job is to notify families that their loved ones aren’t coming home.

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Why Haven’t We Cleaned Up Iraq?

Friday, November 13, 2009

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To gauge the environmental impact of the invasion of Iraq, start with how devastated Iraq’s ecology was before the first bombs struck in 2003. Then factor in what the U.S. hasn’t done since.

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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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