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Baby Boomers

From a transcript of radio transmissions and cockpit conversations that took place during a drone strike in Afghanistan in 2010. The strike killed twenty-three civilians. At Nevada headquarters, Pilot is…

Death of a General

by Sune Engel Rasmussen,

The American military’s failure to prevent an insider attack

Body Count

by Alexander Kluge,Translated by Martin Chalmers,

By Alexander Kluge, from Air Raid, an account of the destruction of Halberstadt, Germany, by American bomber squadrons on April 8, 1945, out this month from Seagull Books. Kluge is…

Tunnel Vision

by Andrew Cockburn,

Will the Air Force kill its most effective weapon?

The Pious Spy

by Mujib Mashal,

A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection

Search and Destroy

by Andrew Cockburn,

The Pentagon’s losing battle against IEDs

Coin Strategy

by Harper’s Staff,

From statements included in more than 800 claims for compensation submitted to the U.S. Army by the families of civilians killed in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2005 and 2007. The…

Let’s roll

by Harper’s Staff,

Beds are burning

by Harper’s Staff,

No fun allowed

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

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Baby Boomers

Death of a General

Body Count

Tunnel Vision

The Pious Spy

Search and Destroy

Coin Strategy

Let’s roll

Beds are burning

No fun allowed

Readings

October 2007

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