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With war and terrorism the No. 1 issue in the U.S. it should come as no surprise when comix reflect those concerns. Two interesting new works take different approaches: The Pride of Baghdad (DC/Vertigo; 128 pages; $20), written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichorn, examines the moral ambiguities of the Iraq War through a fictional account of four lions wandering the bombed-out streets of Baghdad; The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation (Hill and Wang; $17), by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon, has become a surprise hit, touching a nerve on the fifth anniversary of the attacks...
...author of the psychologically incisive, globally acclaimed 1973 work Hitler; in Kronberg-im-Taunus, Germany. Fest shed light on the Third Reich by examining its leadership in dispassionate, vivid detail. He attributed Hitler's rise not primarily to economics, as many German historians have, but to the abdication of moral responsibility by educated Germans...
...world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism." FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL, in a letter to Senator John McCain opposing a White House proposal that would allow harsher treatment of terrorist suspects...
...conservative whose father was fired from his job for refusing to join the Nazi Party, Fest shed light on the Third Reich by examining its leadership in dispassionate, vivid detail. He attributed Hitler's rise not primarily to economics, as many German historians have, but to the abdication of moral responsibility by educated Germans...
...capture. That argument has drawn strong support from such powerful voices as Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and ex--Secretary of State, who in a rare public criticism of Bush policy sent McCain a letter warning that "the world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism." Caught in the middle have been Graham's fellow military lawyers, many of whom share misgivings about the detainee program. At a closed session of the Armed Services Committee last week, Senator John Cornyn of Texas brandished a letter signed by top lawyers...