The List: Accounting for the Iraqi Allies America Left Behind

For The Daily Beast, my latest - "The List: Accounting for the Iraqi Allies America Left Behind."

After the Slaughter

What's the Afghanistan War going to look like post-Kandahar? For Boston Review - "After the Slaughter."

A Ghost on Tobacco Road

My latest at The Classical, about the late basketball coach Skip Prosser.

War, Beer and Rock & Roll

In The Daily Beast, my review of Michael Hastings's new book The Operators. 

A Christmas Hymn

A piece in The New York Times At War section, about the homefront. It's written by the strongest person I've ever known - my mother.

http://nyti.ms/u0RFoR

CNN Newsroom Interview

Video clip of my interview with CNN's Don Lemon, from 12/17/11, discussing the end of the Iraq War and Kaboom. It was a lot of fun! And he complimented my tie and suit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p0y50-CYQkY

War Games

My latest, at The Rumpus - an essay about the intersection of modern sports and war entitled "War Games."

http://therumpus.net/2011/12/war-games/

This Creed of the Desert

Wrote a piece for the Daily News about the Iraq War coming to an end. Should run in print in Sunday's (10/22) paper. (Original title: "This Creed of the Desert.")

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/10/22/2011-10-22_troops_to_withdrawal_from_iraq_but_it_doesnt_quell_the_sting_from_battle_that_on.html

Kaboom in Small Wars Journal

Caleb Cage, of the fantastic literary journal The Nevada Review, just published an essay at Small Wars Journal entitled "Journalist-Soldiers: Blogs, Books, and Freedom on the Battlefield." It's a thorough, intriguing analysis of the new type of combat memoir that has emerged from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and has a lot of very kind things to say about Kaboom. Check it out when you can.

Down and Out With the American Dream

A review of Colby Buzzell's Lost in America, posted at The Daily Beast.