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Our authors reflect on what twenty years of war has meant and how American militarism impacts both our wars abroad and conflicts and ideologies at home. 

In honor of 2021 Anthropology Day, we reached out to several of our anthropology authors to ask: why does anthropology matter?"It is the only discipline entirely focused on what it means to be human, and in most instances, to struggle. At a time when being human means many different thin

Looking for more video content for your courses? We've rounded-up some recent recorded events, short lectures, and Q&As with our authors to integrate into your lesson plans.The featured books cover a wide-range of current events and social justice topics, including racial justice and Black L

The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa

by David Vine, author of The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State.This week, in recognition of the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the twentieth consecutive year of U.S. war, a team of students