United States Of Fear

Tom Engelhardt created and runs Tomdispatch.com, a project of the Nation Institute where he is a Fellow. He is the author The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's, The End of Victory Culture, and of a novel, The Last Days of Publishing, as well as a collection of his Tomdispatch interviews, Mission Unaccomplished. Englehardt is also co-founder and co-editor of Metropolitan Books' The American Empire Project.

• 1. Hiroshima Story http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/108624/2. When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq? Exporting American Democracy to the World http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175223/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_all_the_world%27s_a_stage_%28for_us%293. Believe It or Not (2010 Imperial Edition), U.S. War-Fighting Numbers to Knock Your Socks Off http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175228/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_numbers_to_die_for__4. Gods and Monsters, Fighting American Wars From On High http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175232/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_view_from_mount_olympus__5. Yes We Could… Get Out! Why We Won’t Leave Afghanistan or Iraq http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175238/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_urge_to_stay6. Yawn… How Many Times Have You Seen This Headline? http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175243/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_all-volunteer_wars7. Obama’s Flailing Wars, A Study in BP-style Pragmatism http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175248/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_obama%27s_afpak_flip-flop_8. American Denial, Living in a Can’t-Do Nation http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175255/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_living_in_the_51st_state_%28of_denial%29___9. Call the Politboro, We’re in Trouble, Entering the Soviet Era in America http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175261/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_washington_drunk_on_war10. America Detached from War, Bush’s Pilotless Dreams, Smoking Drones, and Other Strange Tales from the Crypt http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175265/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_perfect_american_weapon11. Why Are We in Afghanistan? As Petraeus Takes Over, Could Success Be Worse than Failure?http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175272/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_petraeus_syndrome12. The Opposites Game, All the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175277/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_clueless_in_afghanistan_--_and_washington__13. Whose Hands, Whose Blood? Killing Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175282/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_out%2C_damned_spot!14. What If Washington… Five Absurd Things That Simply Can’t Happen in Wartime Washington http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175285/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_war_mentality15. Will Our Generals Ever Shut Up? The Military’s Media Megaphone and the U.S. Global Military Presence http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175291/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_pentagon_triumphant_on_the_media_battlefield 16. The American Way of War Quiz, This Was the War Week That Was (Believe It or Not) http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175294/tomgram%3A_engelhardt_and_turse%2C_the_wacky_world_of_american_war17. One and a Half Cheers for American Decline, The Future’s Not Ours -- and That’s Good News http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175298/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_why_the_troops_are_coming_home18. The War Addicts, 2016 and Then Some http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175302/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_forever_war19. A World Made by War http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175308/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_american_warscapes20. Handicapping the Global Midterms, Winners and Losers http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175312/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_placing_your_global_bets21. Ballot Box Blues, The Most Dispiriting Election of a Lifetime (Mine) http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175315/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_pentagon_lovers_and_welfare_queens22. The Stimulus Package in Kabul, I Was Delusional – I Thought One Monster Embassy Was the End of It http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175320/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_war_to_the_horizon23. How to Schedule a War, The Incredible, Shrinking Withdrawal Date http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175324/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_general_petraeus%27s_two_campaigns24. The National Security State Cops a Feel, Taking Off the Gloves (and Then Everything Else) http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175325/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_united_states_of_fear25. One November’s Dead, The American War Dead Disappear Into the Darkness http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175328/tomgram%3A__engelhardt%2C_epitaph_from_the_imperial_graveyard