With help from ‘Blasty the Drone’, political cartoonist Mark Fiore targets Rand Paul’s filibuster and President Obama’s drone war at home and abroad. Continue reading
Features related to war
February 11, 2013
In this web extra, Nick Turse tells Bill how the violence asked of soldiers affects their mental health when they leave the military. Continue reading
February 8, 2013 | Book Club
Read the introduction from journalist Nick Turse's book about the shocking history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians.
February 8, 2013 | Moyers Moments
In a 2009 Moyers Moment, the filmmaker describes coping with how the Vietnam War desensitized him to killing. Continue reading
December 11, 2012 | Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010)
In this 2009 ‘Moyers Moment’, Bill and theologian Karen Armstrong discuss using compassion as a foundation for understanding both religion and wartime politics. Continue reading
October 25, 2012
An excerpt from Nick Turse’s book on the American military’s next steps after two wars in the Middle East and an attempt to modernize. Continue reading
October 5, 2012
In June, Staff Sergeant Matthew S. Sitton emailed his congressman expressing concern about the conditions that he and his soldiers were serving in. In August, Sitton was killed by an IED.
July 27, 2012 | Moyers & Company
Bill talks to Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes about what we need to understand about the minds and hearts of our modern warriors. Continue reading
July 27, 2012
Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes shares how his battlefield experiences both shaped and nearly destroyed him. Continue reading
July 27, 2012 | Smart Charts
Just how many veterans are there? And how many of them have fought in multiple wars? Find out that and more in this enlightening infographic created by the Census Bureau.
