by Abu Muqawama | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
I am catching up this summer with some of those big books that have been silently taunting me from my bookshelf this year. The first book I tackled was George F. Kennan: An American Life. My short verdict on this book is that it quite justifiably won the Pulitzer...
by Abu Muqawama | Jul 8, 2012 | Monitor
A few months ago, I read the memoir of a lieutenant who served in Afghanistan in 2008, which I argue had to have been the most frustrating year to fight in Afghanistan because it was the last year before policy makers had started paying attention to the war again but...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis In 1949, a bitter civil war that divided Greece between anti-Communist Greek government forces and the Communists ended when the latter’s military forces and their civilian supporters fled across the borders into Albania and Bulgaria. Others...
by Abu Muqawama | Jun 18, 2012 | Monitor
Last week, the president of the University of Virginia was fired. Although the reasons for Teresa Sullivan’s dismissal are still unclear, there is evidence to suggest that the Board of Visitors believed she should be behaving less like an academic professional...
by humbleauthor | Nov 21, 2011 | Monitor
My friend Ryan Evans’ excellent review of Fawaz Gerges’ new book, The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda got me thinking about conspiracy theorism and its relationship to Al Qaeda’s fortunes. Ryan takes issue with Gerges’ contention that Al Qaeda never really had a “viable...
