Vietnam

Norman Mailer for secretary of defense Norman Mailer for secretary of defense

On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
By William Astore Oct 13, 2009

  • Arlington unveils a new unknown soldier

    The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error
    By Mark Benjamin October 7, 2009

  • SaladShooters and real bullets

    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 Nick Turse December 18, 2008

  • Bill Ayers talks back

    Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point.
    By Walter Shapiro November 17, 2008

  • Obama-loving Hollywood liberals strike again

    Warner Bros. blocks the release of the DVD version of "Hanoi Hilton," which includes an interview with John McCain about his time in captivity in Vietnam.
    By Vincent Rossmeier October 14, 2008

  • McCain's Vietnam obsession

    The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?
    By Mark Benjamin April 1, 2008

  • Will American war crimes be revealed?

    Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the U.S. committed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    By Mark Benjamin March 13, 2008

  • How is John McCain like John Kerry?

    Hint: Members of the POW community -- ex-prisoners, their families and the families of those still unaccounted for -- have issues with him.
    By Mark Benjamin January 29, 2008

  • Salon Book Awards 2007

    From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
    By Laura Miller December 12, 2007

  • Different general, different war, same words: Westmoreland on Vietnam, Petraeus on Iraq

    The full transcript of Gen. William Westmoreland's Nov. 19, 1967, appearance on "Meet the Press" to discuss progress in Vietnam.
    September 13, 2007

  • Bush on the lesson of Vietnam: Stay longer

    The president's "new defense" of the war in Iraq.
    By Tim Grieve August 22, 2007

  • Giuliani's dangerous bluster

    Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom.
    By Joe Conason August 17, 2007

  • It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan

    Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
    By Shaun McCanna August 7, 2007

  • Ask the Pilot

    I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's.
    By Patrick Smith June 29, 2007

  • Offshoring -- where it stops, nobody knows

    Production moving overseas, good jobs disappearing, national angst upwelling... South Korea sings the grownup globalization blues
    May 16, 2007

  • Northern exposure

    American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era.
    By Gregory Levey May 3, 2007

  • The private war of Chuck and Tom Hagel

    After saving each other's lives in combat, Chuck Hagel, the future Republican senator of Nebraska, and his brother Tom fought about Vietnam and Iraq -- until they finally saw eye to eye.
    By Myra MacPherson April 30, 2007

  • A time for the Senate to lead

    Why I back the Warner-Levin compromise as a first step to changing direction in Iraq.
    By Sen. Jim Webb February 7, 2007

  • Kerry: Pass on '08

    The senator wants to work on avoiding "catastrophe."
    By David Puner January 25, 2007

  • George W. Bush on the lessons of Vietnam

    We'll win in Iraq unless we quit.
    By Tim Grieve November 17, 2006

  • WTO follies

    The House surprises Bush on Vietnam. Meanwhile, in Russia, the allofmp3.com deathwatch begins
    By Andrew Leonard November 14, 2006

  • Living on hope

    An influx of inspired Democrats and a smart, well-spoken woman for speaker could be just what the doctor ordered.
    By Garrison Keillor November 8, 2006

  • The antiwar GIs

    A new protest movement inside the military -- including active-duty soldiers back from Iraq -- is calling on Congress to end the war immediately.
    By Mark Benjamin November 2, 2006

  • Pregnant on death row

    A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life?
    By Adrienne So October 13, 2006

  • Good morning, Baghdad!

    Dave Rabbit was a renegade pirate DJ in Vietnam who railed against LBJ to the sound of Jimi Hendrix. Now the garrulous Texan granddad is packing up his old persona, minus the psychedelics, and heading to Iraq.
    By Christian Parenti September 23, 2006
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