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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure By Michael Lind Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss A controversial new history of Communism suggests that most everything we think we know about it is wrong By Andrew Bacevich Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/bacevich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/bacevich/index.html?source=rss Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant. By Nick Turse Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/turse_recipe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/turse_recipe/index.html?source=rss Many makers of familiar products used to make weapons for the U.S. military. In tough times, the practice could be making a comeback. By Gabriel Winant Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/07/mccain_council/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/07/mccain_council/index.html?source=rss In the 1980s, the Republican presidential nominee sat on the board of a group that was involved in Iran-Contra and had ties to neo-Nazis. By Joe Conason Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/23/lieberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/23/lieberman/index.html?source=rss The senator's indictment of the Democratic Party is just as dishonest as his failure to discuss his own evolution as an ally of McCain's. By David Talbot Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/21/obama_jfk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/21/obama_jfk/index.html?source=rss This year's presidential contest is shaping up as the 1964 campaign that never happened By Louis Bayard Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/13/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/13/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/12/greenspan_didn_t_do_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/12/greenspan_didn_t_do_it/index.html?source=rss The end of the Cold War is the real villain, declares the Maestro. Now the U.S. no longer controls its own financial destiny By Tom Engelhardt Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/05/nuclear_weapons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/05/nuclear_weapons/index.html?source=rss Jonathan Schell: "Everybody who has ever marched against nuclear weapons should dust off their boots and get back in the fray." By Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/31/policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/31/policy/index.html?source=rss The damage the president has done to our country's reputation can be rebuilt -- by those who uphold our Founding Fathers' ideals. By Dana Cook Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/23/yeltsin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/23/yeltsin/index.html?source=rss Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, Helen Thomas and others recall Russian President Yeltsin's confidence, rough charm and liberal ways with drink. By Sarah Goldstein Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/07/14/nadelson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/07/14/nadelson/index.html?source=rss A fascinating biography of Dean Reed, the "Johnny Cash of Communism," tells a particularly strange tale of East meeting West. By Farhad Manjoo Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/05/03/carroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/05/03/carroll/index.html?source=rss "House of War" author James Carroll says the Pentagon is out of control, the Cold War was unnecessary -- and it's good that we're failing in Iraq. By Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/03/16/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/03/16/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss Bush and Rumsfeld robotically repeat their Iraq talking points, ignoring the fact that their ambassador and generals are contradicting them. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/25/gaddis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/25/gaddis/index.html?source=rss John Lewis Gaddis' history succinctly captures the long faceoff that shaped our world. But his analysis is marred by Reagan worship. By Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/07/response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/07/response/index.html?source=rss The authors respond to David Talbot's review of "Ultimate Sacrifice." By Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/11/24/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/11/24/cheney/index.html?source=rss For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up. By Charles Hawley Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/06/rhodes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/06/rhodes/index.html?source=rss Historian Richard Rhodes talks about the atomic bombing of Japan 60 years ago, today's global arms race -- and the only way to stop a nuclear attack by terrorists. By Hans Hoyng Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/05/uncle_sam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/05/uncle_sam/index.html?source=rss Washington and Berlin are going through a painful breakup -- and this time, it may be permanent. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/04/27/bomb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/04/27/bomb/index.html?source=rss Once again, a clutch of new books on the atomic bomb get the history and intrigue right. But where's the guilt, dread and helplessness of living under the cloud of nuclear annihilation? By Leigh Flayton Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/29/nukes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/29/nukes/index.html?source=rss Bush is talking tough about nukes in Iran and North Korea. But critics say by illegally testing and building nuclear weapons, the U.S. is fueling a new arms race. By Michael Lind Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/17/wolfowitz_nomination/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/17/wolfowitz_nomination/index.html?source=rss The problem with Paul Wolfowitz isn't that he's an evil genius. It's that he has been consistently, astonishingly, unswervingly wrong about foreign policy for 30 years. By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/15/europe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/15/europe/index.html?source=rss It's Chirac vs. Cheney, SUVs vs. minicars, and pommes frites vs. freedom fries in the new transatlantic culture war. But here's what you don't know: In the global conflict for moral and economic supremacy, Europe is winning.