America’s Middle East Dilemma by Victor Davis Hanson Americans have a choice.

7 Myths about the Radical Sunni Advance in Iraq by Juan Cole Already in the past week and a half, many assertions are becoming commonplace in the inside-the-Beltway echo chamber about Iraq’s current crisis that are poorly grounded in knowledge of the country.

The shocking story of the racist George Wallace speechwriter who penned a fake autobiography of an endearing Cherokee orphan (Audio) How George Wallace's speechwriter became the secret author of a popular and bogus Indian memoir.

A cautious Obama misreads history by Ruth Marcus Two instincts — one predictable, the other surprising — help explain the arc of Barack Obama’s presidency.

Allende, the Third World, and Neoliberal Imperialism by Chris Dietrich So what was the American role in Allende’s overthrow?

Deconstructing The Iraq And Syria Conflicts by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir The current escalating sectarian violence between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Iraqi forces and the unending civil war in Syria are now intertwined and neither can be resolved without the other, which requires a dramatic change in the political and military landscape in Syria and Iraq.

Turkish Support for ISIS by Daniel Pipes The Turks offered far more than an easy border crossing: they provided the bulk of ISIS' funds, logistics, training and arms.

Don’t Trust the Bombers on Iraq: “Shock and Awe” Never Works by Juan Cole Shock and awe failed to awe the Iraqis, and all those years of air strikes on Mosul did not subdue it.

What in God's Name Is Going on in Iraq? An Expert Explains. by Isaac Chotiner An interview with Olivier Roy.

What the gospel of innovation gets wrong by Jill Lepore The Disruption Machine

It wasn't the Allies who beat the Nazi generals in Normandy. It was Hitler himself... A great historian's gripping account of how the Fuhrer's bloodlust doomed his troops by Antony Beevor Ten days after D-Day, Adolf Hitler was in an unforgiving mood.