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Erdmann was not directly plucked from the library and dropped onto the ground of post-war Iraq. Like so many history Ph.D.s, Erdmann failed in his search for an academic job. Not one to dwell in the past, Erdmann decided to experience first-hand the sorts of transitions he had studied. He made plans to fly to Kosovo...
...decision to move from Cambridge to a recent war zone wasn’t without foundation. Erdmann may not have been ROTC in his years in Cambridge, but he was equipped with a particularly relevant knowledge base. His dissertation examined American wars of the twentieth century and noted the increasing importance of post-war transitions in Americans’ conception of military success...
...weekly Almanac; they highlight an event that occurred today, many years ago, whether the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, or the opening of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, or the invention of chewing gum. Often the deja-view has ominous glints. To compare the U.S. post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year. Now it carries the echo of Cassandra...
...Austrian Secession art, German expressionism, 1920s abstraction and Bauhaus art. Comprehensive collections of work by Joseph Beuys, Lyonel Feninger and Walter Gropius are among the finest in the world. Although it also maintains collections of classical Renaissance and Baroque work, the Busch-Reisinger has recently focused on obtaining more post-war and contemporary art from German-speaking Europe...
...president's State of the Union address and other pre-war speeches about Iraq's yet-to-materialize weapons of mass destruction and leaks from White House officials about the identity of a CIA operative. Errant spin also undermines White House efforts to insist its account of post-war progress in Iraq is the most accurate one. "At a time when the economy is getting better and our policies are being vindicated," says a White House official, "this kind of stuff is killing...