In his new book, American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and our National Identity, UMass historian Christian Appy argues that a false sense of 'American exceptionalism' is behind many of our foreign misadventures.

Retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Eric Jorgensen on Jordan's response to ISIS' murder of Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh and how America and its partners can defeat ISIS without becoming like them.

Steven Magnusen writes that 'means' of modern war such as snipers, drones, and submarines do not fall foul of the Just War tradition so long as the 'ends' being pursued are just.

Logan Isaac argues that shallow controversy around Michael Moore's comments on the film American Sniper has not touched on the deeper issues of 'Just War' theory and morality in war, a discussion his fellow veterans are best equipped to lead.

It's doubtful Cicero would agree that Putin's incursion into Ukraine constitutes a "just war," argues Lionel Beehner. But there are commonalities between the Roman Empire and Putin's Russia.

Robert Emmet Meagher writes that "just war" doctrine explains our inability to comprehend moral injury and to make sense of our military “heroes” marching off to take their own lives.