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Iraqi flags wave behind a group of men in parliament
Conflict
Iraqi MP calls for peace ‘without using Iraq against Iran’
US soldiers watch Trump give a speech in Iraq at US airbase.
Trump’s first visit to US troops in Iraq comes days after defense upheaval in Washington
women stand in a row, chanting and clapping their hands
Syrian Kurds left behind as Trump pulls out US troops
“The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard, which exemplifies the spirit of the citizen-nation in arms, with men of all ages stepping up when needed by their country, the antithesis of a professional, standing army, despised by the Founding Fathers
Conflict
Trump wants a big military parade, but the Founding Fathers might not approve
Members of the US Army Company "I", 102nd Infantry Regiment circa 1919.
Conflict
It’s the 100th anniversary of the declaration that made America a major world power
A view of the Bridge on the River Kwai during a light-and-sound show in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, in 1994
Conflict
A new book recalls the Japanese ‘railroad of death’ from World War II
Accused war criminal Goran Hadzic captured
Arts, Culture & Media
60 Years on, a Korean War Vet Remembers
Arts, Culture & Media
Dresden Peace Prize Given to an Ex-Soviet Soldier Who Didn’t Do His Job
Arts, Culture & Media
“Horses and Bayonets”
Arts, Culture & Media
Sarajevo: Grief Over Bosnia War Anniversary
The Siege of Sarajevo: 20 Years Later
‘Incident in New Baghdad’: The Effects of War on a Soldier
Robert McNamara: His Life and Legacy
Global Politics
Pakistan battles Taliban
Global Politics
Three trillion dollar war