Did Robert McNamara know Vietnam was unwinnable?
A new biography asks the same question – and looks into a potential affair with Jackie
War
Tuesday
Monday
Napoleon heralds the return of the man’s movie
The recreations of the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo, among others, look peerless
Saturday
Ukraine’s vitality is its greatest strength
The Ukrainian people rule not in theory but in practice
Thursday
A Chinese wargame in the halls of Congress
The China Committee learned a few lessons
Tuesday
How to win the war that everyone is losing
Europe must be left to police Europe and Asia to police Asia
Tuesday
Edward Luttwak, the uncontained strategist
He is a product — and the embodiment — of twentieth-century conflict
Wednesday
Homage to Kyiv
It feels like the only city that matters, a place where people still believe in honor
Friday
The Woman King is satisfying but it sanitizes African slavery
The real-life kingdom of Dahomey was not so progressive
Tuesday
Exhausted by America’s culture of fear
I’m not sure I should worry about our democracy so much as our sanity
Monday
The Ukraine war enters its sixth month
And we aren’t even remotely close to its end
Monday
What happens to US fighters captured in Ukraine?
Much of what passes as ‘justice’ in wartime is meted out by the victor
Thursday
2022 Biden contradicts 2001 Biden over action in Taiwan
‘Words matter,’ but only if you can remember them
Monday
Putin’s Victory Day speech shows he’s not backing down
Serious peace negotiations will have to wait
Tuesday
Where will the war in Ukraine go next?
Russia is on fire, but the expansionist impulse remains
Tuesday
Washington’s dirtiest war at last goes silent
There’s been a ceasefire in Yemen, though you can forgive the Yemenis for having doubts
Thursday
The Kremlin’s clown prince
Vladimir Zhirinovsky wanted to bomb Washington and made Putin appear sane
Wednesday
Secret bioweapon labs are Putin’s MacGuffin
Expect the ruse to decline as the war rages on
Monday
Why Biden’s slip-up is so revealing
In the months to come, regime change will morph into the de facto goal
Thursday
A state of virtual war
Most of us can’t tell the difference between high-quality video games and actual war
How bad could a Russian cyberattack be?
Containing the attack is the problem