Joseph Stieb

As “Mad Men” depicts, history reshapes people’s lives, perspectives, and interactions, often without them fully realizing that things have changed.

While condemning terrorism should be a no-brainer, "moral clarity" has not guaranteed sound U.S. counterterrorism policy.

There are certainly good grounds to criticize Cold War liberalism. But Samuel Moyn's new book, like similar critiques, has a classic baby-bathwater problem.

The invasion is still the most important foreign policy decision by a 21st century U.S. president, so the surfeit of analysis should surprise no one.

Melvyn Leffler’s book on the roots of the Iraq invasion demonstrates the pitfalls of excessive trust in one’s sources, especially when they're top policymakers.

The lesson of the first Gulf War and its aftermath for handling Russia.

Citizenship used to demand sacrifice. Then we taught Americans to buy things instead.