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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.”

Jul 29, 2016

SHOW BIZ, or Thoughts About Our Two Conventions

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Jul 4, 2016

The NY Times: Smarter and Better

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Jun 2, 2016

Those Fabulous Sixties

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May 12, 2016

In War We Trust, Even If It's Nuclear?

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Apr 15, 2016

Obama's Gift To Our Next President: War With China and Russia?

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Apr 6, 2016

"Support Our Troops" Or Who Made All That Money From Bumper Stickers and Weapons?

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Mar 25, 2016

Committing Crimes In Our Name

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Mar 8, 2016

Gorby, Ron and Nancy Too: What Might Have Been

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Feb 4, 2016

Barack Obama: More Hawk Than Dove

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Jan 19, 2016

A Few Women vs. The Greatest Superpower the World Has Ever Known

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Dec 31, 2015

My Memorable Seven Men

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Dec 13, 2015

Quicksand: Or How and Why the U.S. Created its Very Own Middle Eastern Quagmire

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Nov 12, 2015

Are We Going to Go to War Over the Spratly Islands?

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Oct 25, 2015

Policymakers in DC Are Once Again Scaring Hell Out of the American People

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Oct 12, 2015

The Blind Leading the Blind: Everyone’s Middle Eastern Madness

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Sep 23, 2015

Hey, World, American Weapons Are Available for (Nearly) Everyone

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Aug 5, 2015

Iran, Israel & American Jews

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Jun 25, 2015

After He Leaves, What Will They Say About Obama’s Foreign Policy?

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Jun 11, 2015

"Stop Watching Us": Who Gets Pardoned

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May 26, 2015