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Deborah Pearlstein

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The Opposite of Fear

The Ruin Of Our Military Interrogators

The U.S. responded to security threats with cool heads and plenty of expertise in WWII and the Cold War. After 9/11, we behaved as though we’d forgotten everything we knew.

Deborah Pearlstein

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Too Easy

Who Gets to Decide When We Go to War?

The Constitution’s framers went to considerable trouble to insure that it would be hard to take the country to war. Two centuries later, it’s easier than ever. What happened?

Deborah Pearlstein

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