Book Review: David Finkel, Thank You For Your Service
David Finkel, Thank You For Your Service. Toronto: Bond Street Books, 2013. I am slowly working my way through a stack of books about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan […]
Three Journalists Reflect On Covering Today’s Wars
This interview between War on the Rocks’ editor Ryan Evans and three working journalists – Nancy Yousseff, David Wood and Paul Shinkman is well worth listening to. The three discuss […]
What To Read In 2016
Happy New Year! If, like me, you found a stack of books under the Christmas tree, you probably have enough on your plate for a while. However, if you’re also […]
On The Profession Of Arms And The Importance Of Reading
A somewhat pompous title, I grant you. Perhaps the formal tone is because I’ve been reading Jane Austen lately, which is always time well spent. Speaking of reading, I was […]
Medal Charges May Seem A Small Thing, But They Say Much About Military Culture
This is a soldier’s resume, if you know how to read it. Two days ago the Globe and Mail reported that an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt. […]
A Call for Justice for Women Veterans
Props to the New York Times for this op-ed piece calling on the US Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to take a pro-active and supportive stance […]
WIth the Americans on Memorial Day in Iraq
When our US friends in theatre remember a fallen comrade, they use a custom somewhat different than our own. The US memorial service ends with a ceremonial calling of the […]