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Washington Tortures Everywhere ... Except Latin America

By Greg Grandin

2-19-13

Greg Grandin is a TomDispatch regular and the author of "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Lost Jungle City," a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.  Later this year, his new book, Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, will be published by Metropolitan Books.

Will Washington Ever Learn from Its Past Mistakes? Not Likely.

By Tom Engelhardt

2-12-13

Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project and author of "The United States of Fear" as well as a history of the Cold War, "The End of Victory Culture," runs the Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com. His latest book, co-authored with Nick Turse, is "Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare, 2001-2050."

The American Lockdown State

By Tom Engelhardt

2-7-13

Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project and author of The United States of Fear as well as a history of the Cold War, "The End of Victory Culture," runs the Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com. His latest book, co-authored with Nick Turse, is "Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare, 2001-2050."

The Hagel Hearings

By Nick Turse

1-31-13

Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch.com and a fellow at the Nation Institute.  An award-winning journalist, his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, and regularly at TomDispatch. He is the author most recently of "Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam" (The American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books).  Published on January 15th, it offers a new look at the American war machine in Vietnam and the suffering it caused. His website is NickTurse.com.  You can follow him on Tumblr and on Facebook.

The Politics of Debt in America

By Steve Fraser

1-29-13

Steve Fraser is a historian, writer, and editor-at-large for New Labor Forum, co-founder of the American Empire Project, and TomDispatch regular. He is, most recently, the author of Wall Street: America’s Dream Palace. He teaches at Columbia University. This essay will appear in the next issue of Jacobin magazine.

Eight Things I Miss About the Cold War

By Jon Wiener

1-15-13

Jon Wiener teaches American history at the University of California-Irvine and is a contributing editor at the Nation. His latest book, "How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America" (University of California Press), has just been published. Cross-posted from TomDispatch.

The Pentagon as a Global NRA

By Tom Engelhardt

1-15-13

Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project and author of The United States of Fear as well as The End of Victory Culture, his history of the Cold War, runs the Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com. His latest book, co-authored with Nick Turse, is Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare, 2001-2050.

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