There's No There There

This is Murray Polner's blog. Polner, who writes book reviews for HNN, is the author of “No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran” and “When Can We Come Home? A Debate on Amnesty for Exiles, Anti-War Prisoners and Others.”

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• Oct 31, 2014
  

  Rembering the Dead

  by There's No There There

  Memories of men and boys who died in America's wars
  
  

• Oct 31, 2014
  

  A Real, Genuine, Memorable, Worthy American Cold War Hero

  by There's No There There

  When the crazed American  post-WWII hunt for "subversives"  failed to defeat a legless army veteran
  
  

• Oct 31, 2014
  

  Daily Life in Our Frightened National Security State

  by There's No There There

  Sentenced to prison for opposing America's love affair with nuclear weapons.
  
  

• Oct 23, 2014
  

  Same Old, Same Old

  by There's No There There

  How and why it's so very hard for American foreign policy to change.
  
  

• Sep 29, 2014
  

  Silent Rabbis

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  "A Rabbi should be where the real issues are, not where the safe platitudes are.:
  
  

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  Sep 18, 2014
  

  Washington's War Fever

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  Will Obama be able to keep his promise not to send American ground troops to fight ISIS?
  
  

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  Sep 10, 2014
  

  Like it or not we now have an Obama Doctrine

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  Who came down from the mountain and said the U.S. must police the globe?
  
  

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  Sep 3, 2014
  

  The Ukrainian Mess: Where Are The Skeptics?

  by There's No There There

  Both Ukraine and Russia have legitimate grievances. Does this mean, that American hawks' account of recent event should not be challenged?