“…The war in Asia…”

“…Literature records, remembers, and recreates war and war's emotions in many forms: whether narrated by an eye-witness, an observer at distance, or one who contemplates conflict in the past, war is remembered through a wide range of literary texts, from narrative poems to personal letters and tomb inscriptions. …”

“…Since that time, scholars have largely agreed with Safire that the six points spelled out in the statement represented a reaction to the Vietnam War and were intended to limit U.S. military action to "only the fun wars" that could be relatively easily won or those in response to direct attack.In this work of extensive original scholarship, military historian Gail Yoshitani argues that the Weinberger Doctrine was intended to legitimize the use of military force as a tool of statecraft, rather than to reserve force for a last resort after other instruments of power have failed. …”

“…Using contemporary maps, this sumptuous new volume covers the history of the mapping of war on land and shows the way in which maps provide a guide to the history of war. …”

“…In the 1990s, Americans witnessed live televised images of U.S. soldiers dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, wounded American prisoners of war paraded in front of video cameras in Iraq and Kosovo while their families were interviewed simultaneously on live television at home, and scud missile attacks in Israel and Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War. …”

“…Two centuries after Carl von Clausewitz wrote On War, it lines the shelves of military colleges around the world and even showed up in an Al Qaeda hideout. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ten Months -- Introducing Rodrigo -- A Terrible Tale -- Rodrigo Returns -- Justice at War -- Taming Terrorism -- Interracial Love, Sex, and Marriage -- Remembering and Forgetting -- Hate Speech, Free Speech: Speech as Struggle -- The Trouble with Principle -- On Causation and Displaced Rage: Forgetting What Provoked Your Indignation in the First Place -- Selling Short: The Rise and Fall of African American Fortunes -- Black Exceptionalism: Two Mistakes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Two Centuries Under Discussion : Historical Revisionism -- The Revolutionary Cycle and Terror : Britain, France, America -- The Bolshevik October, International Civil War and the Colonial Question -- "White War of Independence," "International Civil War," the "American Century" and the "Second Thirty Years' War" -- The Colonial Tradition, Total War and Genocide -- Nostalgia for Empire : Historical Revisionism in Britain -- The Black Book, the Communist Movement and the Struggle Against the Three Major Forms of Discrimination…”