Lincoln, the Todds and war
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"House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, a Family Divided by War" (Houghton Mifflin Company, 256 pages, $28), by Stephen Berry: The Civil War was not only the bloodiest era and the greatest political crisis in American history up to then, but for Abraham Lincoln, it was a painful family quarrel as well.
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Description: Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair faces criticism within his Labor Party over his support for the war in Iraq. At Labor&#39;s annual conference in Brighton, opponents of the war have forced the
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TIPTON, Iowa -- This farming town in Cedar County buried Army Spec. Aaron Sissel during the Iraq war's ninth month. It buried Army Spec. David W. Behrle during the 51st. Along the way, as a peaceable community's heart sank, its attitude toward President Bush and his Iraq strategy turned more...
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I want to thank Lynne Joiner [letters, Nov. 29] for taking the time to help wounded soldiers. My brother fought for a year in Iraq with the 101st Airborne, and my cousin, a Navy pilot, flew in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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CORAL GABLES: Arguing over who can best lead the nation in war, Sen John Kerry charges that Americans have been left with âthis incredible mess in Iraqâ while President George W Bush says US troops look at the Democratic challenger and wonder, âHow
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INDIANAPOLIS -- History doesn&#39;t always comply with a television schedule. It cannot be choreographed, even when you think you can see it coming a mile away.
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Nancy Hecker hasn't read the Iraq Study Group's report. She doesn't need to. She knows her son, Army Maj. William F. Hecker III, died at 37 for a just cause, no matter what the antiwar crowd thinks.
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Almost a year ago, a book by William B. Styple lifted Civil War artist-historian James Edward Kelly from obscurity. Now, Styple is making sure Kelly is never forgotten.
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Comparing the Administration's war rationale to the facts on the ground
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I think the world would be a better place if every fallen American soldier received the same media attention that Barbaro has enjoyed over the past year.  Seems like good horse sense to me.  Todd DeGroff  Grand Prairie, Texas  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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He&#39;s already been credited with the remarkable insight of Winston Churchill and the steadfast resolve of Ronald Reagan. Oh, and the hopeful vision of Abraham Lincoln, America&#39;s first Republican president.
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It may be of great interest to voters whether Sen. John F. Kerry was or was not a war hero. That certainly seems to be the issue of the day.
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LAWRENCE, Kansas  - They gathered to send Aaron Emerson off to war. His father cursed, his grandmother cried, his mother was just numb.
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'Civil war' implies two sides, but Iraq's conflict is multi-sided, officials admit. Can US policy cope with them all?
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The killing of two Sunni clerics earlier this week could be part of a slide toward sectarian civil war, analysts say. By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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John Kerry&#39;s tour of duty in Vietnam has defined his bid for the White House. He is the warrior candidate who heroically led men into battle but who came home to almost as bravely question the very war for which his comrades gave so much blood.
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By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 11--Q. Can you tell me whatever happened to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's son? Is he still alive? If so, where does he live, etc.   -- Robert Rainbolt of Fairview Heights   A.