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February 9, 2005

Economics
It is now official

Karl Rove is the Bush Administration’s economic policy czar, and de facto Treasury Secretary. In addition to responsibility for political affairs and strategic initiatives, Mr Rove has been appointe…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 6, 2015

United States
Ten Vietnam War Novels to Read

A list of novels giving insight into Vietnam. 

Vietnam-War-Novels
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 3, 2015

United States
The Ten Best Memoirs of the Vietnam War

Yesterday, I posted my picks for the best histories of the Vietnam War. While those books all provide excellent analyses of the war, another way to understand U.S. involvement in Vietnam is through t…

Vietnam-War-Memoirs
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 9, 2013

United States
TWE Remembers: The Tampico Incident

Karl Marx famously wrote that history repeats itself, "the first time as tragedy, the second as farce." But some historical events combine elements of both. Just consider the Tampico Incident, which …

President Woodrow Wilson addresses Congress on the Tampico Incident, April 20, 1914 (Courtesy Library of Congress).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 28, 2012

China
How Bad Could High Gas Prices Be?

Gas prices continue to climb, and, as I predicted last week, so does the volume of gas price punditry. That post sparked a sequence of smart thoughts from Matt Yglesias, Ryan Avent, Tim Duy, and Karl…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate