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Ambushed on the Potomac

Richard Perle | Jan 21, 2009
One of America’s best-known neoconservatives gives his take on what went wrong over the past eight years, the role of the State Department in hijacking Bush’s foreign policy and why 50 million conspiracy theorists have it wrong.

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

Colin Powell | Jun 01, 1994
Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control.

Commentary

Brownout

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jan 20, 2010
Scott Brown’s victory is an early warning for Democrats. If Obama focuses on job creation and the deficit, he can save his party from imploding.

Right-and Wrong

Jacob Heilbrunn | May 12, 2009
The GOP has made demonizing the world and defending torture its shibboleths. If it wants to curb Obama’s foreign policy, it needs a new approach.

Farewell to All That

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jan 16, 2009
Bush’s address last night revealed his many shortcomings. Refusing to see things as they actually are, he still thinks his crusade for democracy has made us safer.
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Blogs

David Addington's Return to Power

Jacob Heilbrunn | Aug 30, 2010
Dick Cheney's legal counsel and the mind behind the war on terror emerges from the shadows.

Books & Reviews

The Laws of War

Raymond Bonner | Mar 02, 2009
Stopping torture and changing the policies of the Bush administration may not be enough. With a whole new type of terrorist bred from extraordinary rendition and torture, the last eight years may well prove inescapable.

The Guns of 17th Street

Jonathan Clarke | Mar 01, 2001
A dissection of the few pluses and many minuses of the crusading approach to American foreign policy.

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