The Wounds of the Drone Warrior
Even soldiers who fight wars from a safe distance have found themselves traumatized.
War
Pentagon’s Top Official for East Asia Led Think Tank Funded by Defense Contractors and Foreign Governments
One expert warns that policies advanced by the think tank could lead to military conflict with China.
Inside Palmer Luckey’s Bid to Build A Border Wall
How the Oculus founder, along with ex-Palantir executives, plan to reinvent national security, starting with Trump’s agenda.
The Things That Carried Him
Following fallen soldier Joe Montgomery from field to grave.
The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat
To make sense of the Special Counsel, you have to revisit some of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam.
General Steve
A former US Army officer is now a general for a country accused of war crimes.
The Plunging Morale of America’s Service Members
“If you think the mission your country keeps sending you on is pointless or impossible and that you’re only deploying to protect your brothers and sisters in arms from danger, then it’s not the Taliban or al-Qaeda or isis that’s trying to kill you, it’s America.”
Target: Journalist
How the Assad regime tracked and killed Marie Colvin for reporting on war crimes in Syria.
The ISIS Files
Thousands of internal documents help explain how, through brutality and bureaucracy, the Islamic State stayed in power for so long.
Gun Culture Is My Culture
And I fear what it has become.
Last Man Standing
A profile of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who “may be the only reliable voice of caution left in an administration inching closer to the brink.”
War of Words
In 2014, Russell Bonner Bentley was a middle-aged arborist living in Austin. Now he’s a local celebrity in a war-torn region of Ukraine—and a foot soldier in Russia’s information war.
Love and Ruin
An Afghanistan love story.
Losing Sight
A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Then she disappeared.
How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse
Why are we still involved?
Red Dawn in Lapland
Finland shares an 833-mile border with an aggressive and unpredictable neighbor––Russia. North of the Arctic Circle, the author trained with the elite soldiers who will be on the front lines if this cold feud ever gets hot.
The Soldier and the Soil
Steve Acheson finds a different form of protest.
Tales of War and Redemption
A Marine veteran of the Iraq War on battle and faith.
The Obsidian Serpent
Orange County’s first serial killer in 25 years stalked homeless men.
The Uncounted
An on-the-ground investigation reveals that the U.S.-led battle against ISIS — hailed as the most precise air campaign in history — is killing far more Iraqi civilians than the coalition has acknowledged.
A Dark Victory in Raqqa
Kurdish revolutionaries helped the U.S. expel the Islamic State from its capital city. Will we soon abandon them?
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea
Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation?
Theater of War
Bill Brookman has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places to disarm militias and negotiate with gangs. Bill Brookman is a clown.
How Not To Die
How two veterans with PTSD turned a Canadian military town into a medical-marijuana hub.
The Afghan Army Captain Trying to Prove the U.S. Has Lost the War in Afghanistan
Noorullah Aminya was once a valuable ally to the American military. Then, with the Taliban going after his family, he attempted to defect and spent three years in federal detention. To be granted asylum, he needed to convince a judge that the Taliban rule Afghanistan in full. Which would mean America has lost the war.
