NEW JERSEY, US: Every day, we are bombarded by politicians and pundits with a list of political analogies: Operation Iraqi Freedom is the next Vietnam or the war on terror is a modern Cold War . Analogies are invaluable to the human experience. They (...)
Five years ago in May, President Bush, standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier, proudly declared mission accomplished in Iraq and stated that major combat operations were over.
The event comes as a reminder of the limits of American military (...)
I was eating breakfast one morning when my father slapped down the New York Times Magazine in front of me. You might want to check out this article. I believe this is the town you will be studying Arabic in, he said, pointing to an article that (...)
South Orange, New Jersey - The Greatest Generation had the encroaching Axis powers to deal with. The Baby Boomers stared down the barrel of mutually assured destruction. Now the current generation is faced with the persistent threat of (...)
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: A Review
SYRACUSE, New York: Michael Oren´s latest political/historical work could possibly top his previous widely acclaimed bestseller, The Six Days War . His new book Power, Faith, and Fantasy provides a historical (...)