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C.J. Chivers

U.S Soldiers Patrol In Khost Province, Afghanistan
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 10, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, David Ewing Duncan, Steve Silberman, Anna Wiener, and David Marchese.

Posted inHighlight, History, Nonfiction, Quotes

War, What is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing

by Krista Stevens August 9, 2018October 19, 2022

“Across these years, hundreds of thousands of young men and women signed on in good faith and served in the lower and middle ranks. They did not make policy. They lived within it.”

Heart drawing on the pavement
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 17, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Libby Copeland, Amanda Petrusich, and Bryan Menegus.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Reading List

The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners

by Matt Giles April 10, 2017October 19, 2022

This year’s Pulitzer winners include The Salt Lake Tribune, East Bay Times, Colson Whitehead, Heather Ann Thompson, and more.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

C.J. Chivers’ Particular Brand of War Journalism

by juliawick September 16, 2015October 19, 2022

The Times hired Chivers at age thirty-four in 1999 to cover war. That was the handshake, he says. A former Marine officer, he might know how to handle himself in a war zone, the paper figured. What the Times could not have known was that Chivers would develop a brand of journalism unique in the world for, among other […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories

by heymarkarms October 15, 2014October 19, 2022

This October 2014 New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home. We leave our all-volunteer army with inadequate medical care, emotional trauma, and fragile families. Here are six stories on our […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories

by heymarkarms October 15, 2014October 19, 2022

This October 2014 New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home. We leave our all-volunteer army with inadequate medical care, emotional trauma, and fragile families. Here are six stories on our […]

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