Results for keyword: war
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How many nuclear bombs do we need?
Laura Paskus meets a woman who survived Hiroshima and now works as an anti-nuclear activist.
by Laura Paskus, Oct 22, 2007 -
A brief, interpretive look at the Indian Wars
Michael Blake’s new nonfiction book, Indian Yell, fails to live up to its ambitious subtitle, “The Heart of an American Insurgency,” with its quick tour of 12 battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians.
by Jared Blackley, Apr 30, 2007 -
Heard around the West
Gail Kimbell and the vanishing Forest Service budget; not saying the Pledge in Mesa, Ariz.; racing old beaters in California; talkative men’s rooms; saying it (the Miranda warning, that is) with flowers.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 05, 2007 -
State of Jefferson: A place apart
Brian Peterson considers himself the interim governor of the State of Jefferson, an area in Northern California and southern Oregon that has been talking about secession since the early 1940s
by Emma Brown, Nov 13, 2006 -
Brave 'yellowbellies' served the West well
In Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line, Mark Matthews tells the story of the conscientious objectors who pioneered smokejumping to fight Western forest fires during World War II
by Ray Ring, Oct 16, 2006 -
The Boys of Winter
In The Boys of Winter, Charles Sanders tells the true stories of three champion skiers who joined the Army’s 10th Mountain Division during World War II and fought in Italy’s rugged Apennine Mountains
by Staff, Sep 19, 2005 -
Wartime does not always bring out our best
John Krist sees parallels today with the prejudice that forced Japanese Americans into camps during World War II.
by John Krist, Jul 21, 2003






