#Reviewing Our Best War Stories
O’Brien argues that the only way to tell a true war story is to merge moments across time, to invent, to exaggerate—to make things...
#Reviewing Waging a Good War
Movement leaders knew from “painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Waging a...
Probe into sailor suicides reveals taxed mental health system aboard USS...
The mental health system aboard the USS George Washington is “overwhelmed” and sailors have a poor understanding of alternative resources, according to the Navy’s...
#Reviewing Flying Camelot
Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia. Michael W. Hankins. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2021.
Michael W. Hankins, in...
Sailor suicides lead to calls for implementing Brandon Act
Norfolk-based Navy installations reported seven sailors died by suicide last year, renewing concern about the progress of efforts to improve mental health services and...
#Reviewing War Transformed
One of the book’s shining points is the recurring theme of adaptation. In building a model of a world in constant competition, Ryan provides...
