Winston Churchill’s First Day on the Job He’d Always Craved
EXCERPTAs the Nazis began their inexorable advance across northern Europe, Churchill took the reins as prime minister. His one fear was that he was too late to avert disaster.
Book Bag: Military Edition
Why We Fight<p>The author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Generals-American-Military-Command/dp/1594204047/" target="_blank">The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gamble-Petraeus-American-Adventure-2006-2008/dp/1594201978/" target="_blank">The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–2008</a></i> picks his favorite books on recent U.S. military history.</p>
The Generals Aren't Necessarily Right
As Obama postpones a decision on Afghanistan, he should remember FDR's lessons: bring the country along. Rushing has downsides. And dithering costs troops more than you know.
'Stop Commuting to War'
In an exclusive excerpt from The Gamble, Thomas E. Ricks’s sequel to his No. 1 bestseller Fiasco, the author returns to Iraq in the bloody days before the 2007 surge.
Why I Went Back to Iraq
The bestselling author of Fiasco vowed he was done writing about America’s unending war. But in The Gamble, he discovered a new tale: How a small group of people bucked the US military establishment—and did surprisingly well.