Sunday, May 19, 2013

War and Peace

Revisiting the Iraq War

Quotes from "The Good War" by Studs Turkel -- "The Good War" is an Oral History of World War II, firsthand accounts of soldiers and other figures involved in the war.

Soldiers' portraits before, during and after war

George Orwell, "As I Please":  "War damages the fabric of civilization not by the destruction it causes (the net effect of a war may even be to increase the productive capacity of the world as a whole), nor even by the slaughter of human beings, but by stimulating hatred and dishonesty."

"I Am Sorry That It Has Come to This": A Soldier's Last Words -- Every day roughly 22 US veterans commit suicide. Daniel Somers's suicide note tells why.


Out of the Cold War? -- Is it time for the United States to rethink the basic strategy it has followed since World War II?

War and the Economy

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