LOLITA C. BALDOR / The Associated PressFeb 7, 2018
Defense Department officials attribute the jump to a concerted effort to encourage victims to come forward. But the dramatic and consistent increases may suggest more assaults are occurring. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigFeb 3, 2018
Our society descended from colonial Virginia's sinister caste system, in which race, class, labor and slavery were inextricably linked. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatchJan 30, 2018
The vast majority of senior American military officers are refighting the Vietnam War through the books they read, the scholarship they publish and the policies they continue to pursue in the Greater Middle East. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigNov 15, 2017
The media, military, policymakers, political leaders and even the public propagate dangerous myths and platitudes that enable perpetual war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Erik Edstrom / TomDispatchOct 24, 2017
Giving George W. Bush the Sylvanus Thayer Award sends a dismal message that the things he did during his tenure as president are worth emulating. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigNov 6, 2015
In his memoir, Carson claimed that he received a full scholarship to the academy, which has no record that he even applied. In fact, West Point does not offer scholarships because there is no tuition -- when students enroll, they enlist in the U.S. Army. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 30, 2015
An assistant professor of law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has argued that legal scholars critical of the war on terrorism should be attacked as "treasonous" enemy combatants. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By William J. Astore, TomDispatchAug 19, 2015
Familiar as America’s most senior military officers may be with the warnings of Thomas Jefferson, they have consistently ignored or misapplied them, facilitating our current state of endless war and national decline. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Mike Farrell / TruthdigJul 12, 2011
To listen to the bloviators, “religious extremist” means Muslim, and too many Americans buy in without understanding that this “God is (only) on our side” nonsense infects elements in pretty much every belief system. A mandate from God that the adherents of this particular One True Faith should take over our nation’s institutions? Yup. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 26, 2011
In a critique of recent US foreign policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates openly told an audience of West Point cadets that it would be unwise for the nation to venture into another war like Iraq or Afghanistan foreign policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates openly told an audience of West Point cadets that it would be unwise for the nation to venture into another war like Iraq or Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigMay 27, 2010
Though the president reiterated his promise of success, the future he outlined at West Point is hard to distinguish from what we have already been through in Iraq, with less than reassuring results. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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