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On Americans’ connections to the larger world.
Cover of "Brothers in Arms: A Journey From War to Peace" by William Broyles, Jr., featuring the silhouette of a Vietnam War soldier in the sunset.

The War that Won't Go Away

The question of whether or not one served, or was willing to serve, or would be willing to serve, goes deeper than name-calling and allegations of draft dodging.
by John Gregory Dunne via New York Review of Books
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on September 25, 1986
A soldier on a tank, aiming an M-16 rifle.

M-16: A Bureaucratic Horror Story

Why the rifles jammed.
by James Fallows via The Atlantic
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on June 1, 1981

The Carter Doctrine

Carter’s speech heralded a dramatic shift in foreign policy toward a policy of containment of Soviet influence.
via Voices & Visions on January 23, 1980

Jimmy Carter Toasts the Shah

The Shah’s reign witnessed years of oppression against the Iranian people, and Carter’s toast added fuel to the fire.
via Voices & Visions on December 31, 1977
Screen capture of Carter at a podium giving his human right speech to university graduates.

Jimmy Carter Promotes Human Rights

Carter’s speech lays out his commitment to implement human rights into U.S. foreign policy.
via Voices & Visions on May 22, 1977
Black-and-white portrait of Fidel Castro looking down with his hand near his ear.

I Was With Fidel Castro When JFK Was Assassinated

A first-person account of Fidel Castro during a monumental moment in history.
by Jean Daniel via The New Republic
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on December 7, 1963
Screenshot of JFK's televised address.

President Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Oval Office Address

In response to the build-up of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, JFK ordered a quarantine of the island and military surveillance missions.
via C-SPAN on October 22, 1962

Cross-Channel Trip

A 1944 dispatch from Normandy.
by A. J. Liebling via The New Yorker
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on June 23, 1944
Battle of Little Bighorn

In the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer Makes His Last Stand

"Who shall blame the Sioux for defending themselves, their wives and children, when attacked in their own encampment and threatened with destruction?"
by Richard Kreitner, Lewis Henry Morgan via The Nation
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on June 25, 1876
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