War And Remembrance: Notes Towards A Taxonomy Of Contemporary War Literature
For a long time it was TGWOT – The Global War on Terror, the term for the US led conflict that officially began on September 11, 2001, though one could […]
Book Review, Redeployment by Phil Klay
Redeployment by Phil Klay (Penguin 2014) Redeployment may be the strongest and most literary work of fiction to have emerged from America’s recent wars, deserving comparison with Kevin Powers’ The […]
Was Kunduz A War Crime?
A week after US warplanes bombed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan on 3 October, killing over twenty staff and patients, Afghanistan, there is some debate […]
Military Picture of the Week
Starting back at this slowly. Amazing photo of the aftermath of contemporary war in Afghanistan from a NYT photographer. Haunting image. MP+ Acres of abandoned containers used to ship in […]
Advise and Assist In Iraq, Not Combat, Says Canadian Commander
Image released by Canada’s Department of National Defence, shows Canadian advisors working with Iraqi military personnel. A few days ago the Military Times noted that “American troops in Iraq appear […]
Violence Inseparable From Pity: George Packer On The New War Fiction
What’s going on under that hat? It seems for now that the face of the returning veteran, as far as the media is concerned, is the late Fort Hood shooter […]
With Sergeant Camopatch In Afghanistan
My friend Phil Burrows, an Anglican priest and British Army Padre with the Second Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, writes from Helmand Province in Afghanistan to tell me about a colleague […]
“No Two Days Are Ever The Same”: An RAF Padre’s Work In Afghanistan
A nice little piece in today’s UK MOD blog) on the work of Reverend (Flight Lieutenant) Matt Buchan, a reservist chaplain with the Royal Air Force currently serving Royal Air […]
Thoughts on Staff Sgt. Bales, PTSD, and the Way Ahead
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (left), the U.S. soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 23.Defense Video […]
“A Place Which Provides Peace, Quiet and Privacy”: A Military Chapel in Afghanistan
In garrison and on bases, military chapels tend to be quiet, infrequently used places. I once heard them described as being like the formal sitting parlour in a house, a […]