How to Survive a Roadside Bomb: Sebastian Junger Escapes Death in Afghanistan
Later this week I’m going to type up a short review of Sebastian Junger’s remarkable book WAR. Before then, however, I want to introduce those of you unfamiliar with the text to a disturbing (and...
View ArticleMartin Amis on Terror, Iraq, and His Father
Jon Snow: Look at the war on Iraq – do you not think that would stir an urge in the Arab world when they see women and children ravaged by what we Westerners are doing? Martin Amis: I’ve said in print...
View ArticleKilling Saddam, Resurrecting al-Qaeda
Harry Kreisler: From the start, Jihadists came to believe that it would be ideal if American troops would be drawn back into the middle east. The idea was that if they attacked [on 9/11] and we came...
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