CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MIND The Great Derangement — facing climate change and its unspeakable consequences in literary, historical and political discourse Dr Amitav Ghosh is an international renowned novelist His recent book who has received numerous awards, including the Arthur C Clark Award, the International Book Award, the Booker Prize, the india Gold Quill Award and others. Among is more …
Lambert Strether – More bombs, more shells, more napalm: Nation building through foreign intervention
The nature of US military interventions has become relevant in the face of new growing threats, particularly from so-called Islamic State. While top-down strategies that rely on overwhelming firepower are sometimes favoured by politicians, longer-term strategies use a bottom-up approach, gaining citizens’ support through civic engagement. This column introduces evidence from US actions during the Vietnam War to show that …