Shock and Awe 20 Years Later: The Iraq War in the History of U.S. Empire

The twentieth anniversary of the Iraq War provides an important opportunity to pierce the fog of “shock and awe,” in favor of sober, measured reflection. Especially as historians of the United States—as thinkers and teachers—it remains intellectually, politically, and ethically critical to develop histories of the war that push back against the current intensifying climate […]