By Other Means

Take Two Drones and Call Me in the Morning

The perils of our addiction to remote-controlled war.

BY ROSA BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

What's Not Wrong With Drones?

The wildly overblown case against remote-controlled war. 

BY ROSA BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

All the Pentagon's Lawyers

One man's targeted strike is another man's state-sanctioned murder.

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 29, 2012

Highway Robbery

Why do Mitt Romney and Barack Obama want to hand over so much of your money to men with guns?

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 22, 2012

The Pivot to Africa

Circumcision, mosquito killing, and other strange doings of Africom.

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 16, 2012

Fog of War

How can we talk about the military if we can't define what it is?

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 8, 2012

Thought Cloud

The real problem with the civilian-military gap.

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 2, 2012

Generals Are from Mars, Their Bosses Are from Venus

But does the civilian-military gap really matter?

BY ROSA BROOKS | JULY 25, 2012

Welfare State

Meet America's socialist military.

BY ROSA BROOKS | JULY 19, 2012