http://dir.salon.com/topics/civil_war/?source=rss&aim=civil_war en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Steven Lubet Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/john_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/john_brown/index.html?source=rss While right-wingers posture about secession and armed resistance, let's recall how our actual Civil War began By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss Everyone, from President Obama to the GOP, wants a piece of Honest Abe on his bicentennial. Here's where Abraham Lincoln really stood on the issues. By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it. By Thilo Thielke Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/14/kenya_runners/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/14/kenya_runners/index.html?source=rss Kenya's long-distance runners are moving targets in a recent outburst of ethnic violence -- two have been murdered and many more fear death. By Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/19/angola/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/19/angola/index.html?source=rss At a beauty pageant held for Angola's land mine victims, the prize is a prosthetic leg. By Mark Benjamin Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss As plans to stabilize Iraqi politics go nowhere fast, experts warn that the latest U.S. tactics could lead to greater civil war. By Juan Cole Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/28/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/28/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss As the U.S. takes sides in Iraq's splintering civil war, a top Republican warns Bush's policy will fail. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/01/tariff_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/01/tariff_history/index.html?source=rss A reader writes: Southern Democrats used to be pro-trade, and Northern Republicans were pro-tariff By Tim Grieve Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/28/civil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/28/civil/index.html?source=rss The Times says its reporters can call that thing in Iraq a "civil war." The White House doesn't know what to say. By Garrett Epps Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/23/bush_lincoln/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/23/bush_lincoln/index.html?source=rss Bush may wish he measured up to the Great Emancipator. But he does stack up quite nicely against Andrew Johnson. By Mark Follman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/08/03/civil_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/08/03/civil_war/index.html?source=rss A confidential memo from the outgoing British ambassador in Iraq warns that the war-torn country is likely headed for civil war. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/13/morgue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/13/morgue/index.html?source=rss The Baghdad morgue, where Iraqis come every day to collect the bodies of slain relatives and comrades, is the alpha and omega of Iraq's civil war. By Mitchell Prothero Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/24/gaza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/24/gaza/index.html?source=rss With Hamas and Fatah forces shooting at each other, Gaza stands on the edge of civil war. A report from the streets. By Juan Cole Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/11/maliki/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/11/maliki/index.html?source=rss Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite hard-liner distrusted by his foes, will almost certainly be unable to stop Iraq's slide to chaos. By Juan Cole Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/23/civil_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/23/civil_war/index.html?source=rss Desperate to convince voters we're winning, Bush is denying that Iraq is having a civil war. But the facts contradict him. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/22/wright/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/22/wright/index.html?source=rss In this sweeping Civil War novel, Stephen Wright's understanding of America trumps DeLillo's or Pynchon's, and his writing rivals Toni Morrison's. By Juan Cole Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/01/worst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/01/worst/index.html?source=rss As Americans finally begin to grasp the magnitude of the Iraq catastrophe, Bush's popularity hits a new low. By Nir Rosen Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/03/muqtada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/03/muqtada/index.html?source=rss Recently, the U.S. was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr's head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq's Sunni-Shiite conflict. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/16/foner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/16/foner/index.html?source=rss A master historian argues that Reconstruction ideals, far from reflecting America's deepest values, contradicted them By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/12/03/iraq_plans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/12/03/iraq_plans/index.html?source=rss All the plans the Democrats have offered on Iraq rely on wishful thinking. Here's one that might actually work. By Laura Miller Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/01/doctorow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/01/doctorow/index.html?source=rss In this kaleidoscopic rendering of Gen. Sherman's famous March to the Sea, the characters and metaphors come and go with all the tumult of the Union Army. By Mitchell Prothero Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/05/hezbollah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/05/hezbollah/index.html?source=rss The powerful Shiite militia flexes its muscles, warning the Lebanese opposition not to do the bidding of Israel or the United States. By Christopher Ketcham Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/25/secession/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/25/secession/index.html?source=rss It will never work, but that doesn't stop blue-state radicals from insisting they have the right to break up Bush's -- and Lincoln's -- "imperial" union. A revolutionary guide to American history. By David Talbot Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/11/19/booth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/11/19/booth/index.html?source=rss John Wilkes Booth, the South's romantic villain, refused to accept the triumph of Northern values. Some things never change. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review.