Geoffrey Wawro is University Distinguished Research Professor of History and Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on his new book, The Vietnam War: A Military History (Basic Books, 2024). JF: […]
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Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño wants to stop the blood lust. Why his call rings hollow.
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño has a piece at The Washington Times titled “America has an unending lust for bloodshed. We need divine intervention.” Read it here. Gerson Moreno-Riaño calls for an end to American “blood lust”: James Fenimore Cooper’s […]
Why are so many Israelis silent about Palestinian suffering?
Oded Na’aman, a philosophy professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, provides the numbers: Around 1,200 Israelis were killed on October 7, of them around 370 soldiers and 800 civilians; 242 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Israel’s offensive began; 239 […]
Is there such a thing as a “just war?”
Over at History Day, four military historians reflect on this question. They are Cathal Nolan, Peter H. Wilson, Vanda Wilcox, and Justin Marozzi. Here is a taste of Nolan’s piece: During the interminable wars among the city states of Renaissance […]