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Opinion: The human face of war

And, quietly, evocatively, in that noisy summer of acoustic protest and televised drama, Life magazine on June 27 published an issue with the cover story, “The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week’s Toll.” It is hard to calculate today the impact of this issue, ironically coming at a moment when the great photo magazines of the previous half century were losing money and influence.

By James Wright

4 years ago

H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy

“A young student stood up and said ‘all I’ve known my whole life is war,’” McMaster said. “Now, he’s never been to war, but he’s been subjected, I think, to this narrative of war-weariness.”

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago