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  • War & Peace
    Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar
    September 11, 2020
    | Andrew Bacevich
    A Play of Many Parts in One Act
  • Letters From an American
    Russian Military Intelligence Put Bounties on American Soldiers
    June 27, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    This evening, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both broke extraordinary news. Months ago, American intelligence officials concluded that during peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, a Russian military intelligence group offered to Taliban-linked fighters bounties for killing American troops. They paid up, too, although it is unclear which of the twenty US deaths happened under the deal. But this wasn't breaking news for the National Security Council.

  • Democracy & Government
    Their Elliot Richardson Moment
    June 8, 2020
    | David Berg
    Esper and Miley: Too Little, Too Late
  • Civil Liberties
    Opinion: Why I Am Angry
    June 5, 2020
    | Jeremy Butler
    I’m a Navy officer. I’m a nonprofit CEO. I’m a black man in America.
  • Letters From an American
    What Happens When Our President Declares He Needs to Dominate the Battle Space?
    June 1, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Is Our Nation a Battleground Where There Will Be Winners and Losers?
  • How Atrocities Haunt Soldiers
    February 11, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In this web extra, Nick Turse tells Bill how the violence asked of soldiers affects their mental health when they leave the military.
  • Oliver Stone on Coming to Terms with Vietnam
    February 8, 2013
    In a 2009 Moyers Moment, the filmmaker describes coping with how the Vietnam War desensitized him to killing.
  • A Soldier's Letter to his Congressman
    October 5, 2012
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    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.
  • Honoring a Fallen Soldier’s Plea
    October 4, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Bill shares the story of a young US soldier killed in Afghanistan, arguing it's time our presidential candidates decisively address the price of our presence there.
  • What It's Like to Go to War
    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.


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