Roundup

Iraq Must Not Come Apart

by Leslie H. Gelb

Such a rupture would ignite terrible slaughter inside the country and unsettle the Middle East as a whole.

The long, hard slog out of military occupation

by Alan McPherson

Much like George W. Bush and his administration did in the Middle East, privately Wilson and his aides shared a vision of a Caribbean area remade in their own image.

If Franz Ferdinand Had Lived

by Simon Winder

How to rationalize the Tower of Babel of competing national groups was Franz Ferdinand’s great preoccupation.

World War One: First war was impossible, then inevitable

by Anatole Kaletsky

People thought global capitalism made war obsolete.  They were wrong--as are we today for believing this. 

Baghdad: the psychological toll of being the world’s most attacked city

by Justin Marozzi

For more than a thousand years the population of the Iraqi capital has been subject to rape, torture and indiscriminate slaughter

Dick Cheney Just Buried the Bush Doctrine

by Peter Beinart

The former vice president rejected democracy-promotion in the Middle East. And today's conservatives agree with him.

The First Iraq War Was Also Sold to the Public Based on a Pack of Lies

by Joshua Holland

We were given a variation of the “domino theory.”

The Lies We Believed (And Still Believe) About Iraq

by Chuck Lewis

Our report found that in the two years after the terrorist attacks of 9-11, President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials made at least 935 false statements.

Are France’s colonial chickens coming home to roost from the Maghreb?

by Mitchell Cohen

Three stories are being played out here: French ­imperialism; the conflicted descendants of Muslim immigrants from Tunisia, ­Morocco and Algeria; and North African politics and its impact in France.

The Middle East That France and Britain Drew Is Finally Unravelling

by John B. Judis is

And there's very little the U.S. can do to stop it.

The SCOTUS Recess Decision: Right or Wrong on the History?

by Jeff Shesol

How many mid-session breaks lasting more than ten days did the United States Senate take before 1867?

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

100 Legacies of World War I

Wall Street Journal editors from around the world have selected 100 legacies from World War I that still shape our lives today.

Vietnam War was won, says Pepperdine fellow

by Bruce Herschensohn

What an online school teaches students about the Vietnam War. 

Did black ministers follow MLK into opposition to Vietnam?

by David Swartz

King’s sermon did not reflect the opinions of rank-and-file African Americans.

Can Obama avoid mission creep in Iraq?

by Julian Zelizer

The history of military involvement shows that many operations that start small end big.

Shredding the Fourth Amendment in Post-Constitutional America

by Peter Van Buren

Four ways it no longer applies.

These Vintage Photos of Naked Soldiers Show the Intimate Side of War

by TNR Staff

Troops were encouraged by their superiors to form close “buddy” relationships, and these bonds were often cemented through horseplay.

Gay Men and the Presidents Who Loved Them

by James Kirchick

American presidents have long had gay friends and advisers, many of whom have occupied positions not so stereotypically swish as White House decorator.

Freedom Summer -- American Experinece (Video)

American Experience does Freedom Summer.