COMMON GROUNDWhat Did Our Generation Learn in Iraq and Afghanistan?The link between national sacrifice and war-making has become increasingly foreign. It was once essential.Elliot Ackerman
Tim O’Brien on What We All Can Learn From ‘The Vietnam War’The author of ‘The Things They Carried’ talks about the importance of the newest Ken Burns documentary, and how relevant the war is today.Elliot Ackerman
R.I.P.How Denis Johnson Chased the Epic American NovelNever quite as famous as he deserved to be but always taking his readers on jarring and unexpected journeys, novelist Denis Johnson moved between the real and the surreal.Elliot Ackerman
THRESHOLDBeast Fiction: Dark at the CrossingAn excerpt from Elliot Ackerman's latest novel, a love story set along the Turkish-Syrian border amidst the ongoing civil war.Elliot Ackerman
Leatherneck Tap DancesThe Man Whose Words Shaped Our WarsWhen asked what it was like to fight in Fallujah, I have yet to come up with an explanation that’s better than, “Exactly like the battle scenes in Full Metal Jacket.” Elliot Ackerman
Anatolian AngstAm I Safe in Turkey?A former Marine in Istanbul fears that his family is now at risk in a NATO country—and pretty much everywhere else.Elliot Ackerman
BOOK EXCERPTHow the Longest War Ate Its Children<p>In <i>Green on Blue</i>, his debut novel, Elliot Ackerman looks at the war in Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view. Read a passage from this extraordinary fiction.</p> Elliot Ackerman
GeronimoI Shot Bin LadenBEAST FICTION: I shot Bin Laden but first he shot me. Then I got the dinner at Applebee’s, bad dreams and a nervous Stomach.Elliot Ackerman
War CrossingWatching ISIS Come to Power AgainAt the Syrian-Turkish border, only a few miles from where Steven Sotloff was kidnapped, the first sign of ISIS was man whose fingers were chopped off.Elliot Ackerman
Airstrikes and the U.S. Strategy to Combat ISISElliot Ackerman calls in to CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin to discuss why airstrikes are not a strategy for the U.S. in Iraq, and what the strategy for combating ISIS should be.Elliot Ackerman
