war on terror

George Crile’s book Charlie Wilson’s War is the most in-depth account of the CIA’s support to the Afghan mujahideen, based...

The US Army provided extensive support to the National Geographic film series The Long Road Home, supposedly to ensure it depicted the real-life battle of Sadr City in a 'reasonably realistic' way. But Army emails that I obtained under FOIA show they were more concerned with the fact that a helmet chin strap was wrong in one scene than in the fact the series depicted the death of a soldier who actually died later in another mission.

Anwar al Awlaki rose to notoriety in the 2000s as a leading internet jihadist whose lectures and videos were very...

Anwar Al Awlaki was the head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula until his death in a CIA drone...

In September 2001, the Bush administration launched the “Global War on Terror.” Though “global” has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding.

I recently joined Henri of Fortress on a Hill to discuss the National Geographic drama series The Long Road Home,...

Något som jag alltid tyckt varit ett imponerande tecken på britternas »stiff upper lip« var att de så länge envist betraktade våldshandlingar som var relaterade till Nordirland som de brott de enligt en objektiv måttstock är, snarare än som terrorism. Skälet var att de inte ville upphöja våldsverkarnas handlingar till något annat genom att etikettera dem med något slags »högre syfte«.

1996’s action thriller Executive Decision may be light on action and lacking thrills but it is notable for one thing...

The 1996 action thriller Executive Decision was an early example of what should be called ‘irregular war films’, pitting a...

Missy Peregrym and Zeeko Zaki, two of the stars of the CBS drama FBI were asked about the government shutdown...