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December 20, 2021

United States
How I Got Here: Lives in Public Service

“Dark times,” Hannah Arendt once noted, “are not only not new, they are no rarity in history.” She maintained her conviction, however, “that even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect s…

September 22, 2010

Wars and Conflict
How Wars End

A penetrating look at American wars over the last century.

January 1, 2004

United States
American Foreign Policy: Cases and Choices (Foreign Affairs Books)

Pundits often treat foreign policy decision making as a simple matter of morality or politics, and academics often ignore it entirely, viewing policy as driven not by individual officials but by broa…

February 1, 2005

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Understanding the War on Terror (Foreign Affairs Books)

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States awoke to find itself at war. If that much was clear, many other things were not—including the identity and nature of the enemy, the location of…

November 1, 2001

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
How Did This Happen?

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, one question has been on the mind of every American: “How did this happen?” PublicAffairs and Foreign Affairs came together to publish…