A Hundred Holocausts: An Insider’s Window Into U.S. Nuclear Policy

Daniel Ellsberg / Truthdig Sep 10, 2009 The document in his hand was almost unthinkable: It projected roughly 600 million deaths in a US-Soviet war Here’s the first installment of a memoir of the nuclear era by Daniel Ellsberg, the man who revealed the Pentagon PapersThe document in Daniel Ellsberg’s hand projected roughly 600 million deaths in a U. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Putin Scores Points With the Poles

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has attempted to improve relations between his country and Poland by addressing some wrongs committed by the Soviet Union -- and later Russia -- against its Baltic neighbor in recent decades. He offered an apology in an article he penned for the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that ran Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

World War II: 70 Years and We’re Still Fighting

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 The Germans invaded Poland on this day 70 years ago, and so began what many consider the greatest conflict in human history An estimated 60 million people would die, including 27 million Soviets and 12 million Jews, Gypsies, gays and other victims of the Nazi holocaust Most of the dead were civiliansSeventy years ago today the Germans invaded Poland, and the rest is history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia-Russia Clash Still Under Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2009 It's been a year since last summer's military showdown between Russia and neighboring Georgia, but even though the Georgian president (and many Western media outlets) pointed to "Russian aggression" as the cause of the conflict, an international investigation team looking to get to the bottom of the matter is still working away at finding the answers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War-Addicted U.S. Afflicted With Imperialist Hangover

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 20, 2009 There is an important current in conservative U.S. opinion that believes Western Europe to be under something like a siege, or a potential siege, by its large Muslim immigrant population. I should actually say that it's not just American conservatives, although they write alarmed books about the impending Muslim domination of Europe, and the collapse of European Christianity and identity. They fear the Decline of the West. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lou Cannon on Ronald Reagan

BLANK May 1, 2009 The debate over our 40th president's role in ending the Cold War continues with the publication of James Mann's "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Aldous Huxley, 1958: ‘Brave New World’ Just Around the Corner

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 It's always a little spooky and a little funny to listen to a person from the past predict a future that may have already come to pass. In this clip from 50 years ago, Mike Wallace interviews "Brave New World" author Aldous Huxley, and while some of what Huxley says sounds goofy, some sounds uncomfortably familiar. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Are the Afghan Insurgents?

By Anand Gopal Dec 5, 2008 Who exactly are the Afghan insurgents? Every suicide attack and kidnapping is usually attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 12, 2008 So, Vladimir Putin was right: It was Georgia that started the war with Russia, and once again it was President Bush who got caught in a lie. No surprise, but it is a reminder of just how eager some are for a new Cold War and how indifferent they are to the truth of the matter. Updated Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Georgia ? Stalin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2008 With Georgia on the U.S. mainstream media's map after its recent war with Russia, a new interest in Georgian history and politics seems to have come to life, especially concerning the cult of personality that Stalin still leads in his native land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia Remains in Georgia Port

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2008 Russian officials beg to differ with Western critics who claim that Russia's ongoing presence in the Georgian port town of Poti violates the terms of the cease-fire agreement between the neighboring nations, insisting that the remaining Russian forces are of the peacekeeping, not the combative, variety. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Is Responsible for U.S. Russia Policy?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2008 Why has the U.S. maintained an aggressive stance toward Russia long after the demise of the Soviet Union? And how on earth does that strike anyone in Washington as a productive strategy for America, not to mention the rest of the West? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )