WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There
The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …
Tag Archives: War
Donald Rumsfeld: Still in Denial
Mark Danner reviews two books and a documentary film about Donald Rumsfeld in the January 9 edition of the New …
Nick Turse with POW Phil Butler in Berkeley
Review of Kill Anything That Moves, here.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk — Bravo Squad Brought Home
Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) is one hell of a good book –in conception, language, characters and …
The Timid Marine — a WW II Memoir
Joseph Lanciotti was a fifteen year old, setting pins in the local bowling alley of Lodi, New Jersey on Sunday, …
Tsunami Chant — A Poem by Wang Ping
Tsunami Chant By Wang Ping I’m not a singer, but please let me sing of the peacemakers on the streets …
The Elephants, a Poem by Natalie Diaz
I continue to be amazed by Natalie Diaz’ gifts. Last week I shared Cloud Watching with you, today it’s The …
War Requiem – Music that Moves the Soul
I’ve been wanting to be at a full performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem ever since I first heard about …
Kill Anything that Moves: More Terrible Truth About War
Nick Turse’s Kill Anything That Moves:The Real American War in Vietnam, has been praised by virtually everyone who has read …
Company K — Americans in France, WW I
William March’s 1933 novel, Company K, about an American Marine company in France for 9 months at the end of …
Bringing Mulligan Back Home: The Other Side of the Good War
Dale Maharidge is the author of two well regarded books of nonfiction. The second, And Their Children After Them, following …
Earth: The Tectonics of Violence
Deepa Mehta’s Earth is the second in her film trilogy of women’s lives in India as the country exited from …