United States Army

Selective Service

by John Crowley,

It may have been that I neglected to register with the Selective Service System when I turned eighteen, in 1960, as the law required. Or maybe my student deferment, available…

Armed and Dangerous

by William Pfaff,

The inexorable rise of American militarism

Occupation of Alexandria

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Status Update

From a February 2010 Facebook chat between Christopher Winfield and his son Adam, an Army specialist with a Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan. According to Army investigators, two more…

The war on unhappiness

by Gary Greenberg,

Goodbye Freud, hello positive thinking

Plight Simulator

by Harper’s Staff,

Lines of dialogue from a test version of the First Person Cultural Trainer, a computer game developed by a research team at the University of Texas at Dallas. The game…

All that you can’t be

by Harper’s Staff,

Human Quicksand

by Steve Featherstone,

For the U.S. Army, a Crash Course in Cultural Studies

Obsession

Art by Sandow Birk,

Knowing is half the battle

by Travis Patriquin,

Tasting Freedom

From responses by the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, in Fan Greely, Alaska, to a recent survey on new Meals Ready to Eat. The vanilla pudding is so good…