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In his book "Gray Land: Soldiers on War," portrait and documentary photographer Barry Goldstein writes that "even at its best, day-to-day life in a combat zone has a corrosive effect on mind, body, and spirit."
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November 6, 2009: Healing the Wounds of War
Revisit our November 2007 Web-only essay on the spiritual and moral pain of war. "My sense is that this is a fundamentally religious issue," says clinical psychiatrist Jonathan Shay, a combat trauma expert.
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March 27, 2009: Michael Walzer on War
Michael Walzer, an authority on just and unjust wars, says that in Afghanistan "Obama has inherited a frightening situation which he may or may not be able to turn around.."
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April 4, 2008: Army Chaplain Boot Camp
A report on an army boot camp for chaplains where they learn to carry out their ministry within the military culture.
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November 30, 2007: Healing the Wounds of War
Benedicta Cipolla writes about the emotional, psychological, and spiritual battles soldiers in war must fight in addition to the physical dangers of combat.
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September 7, 2007: What Does America Owe Iraq?
As Congress and the Administration begin an all-out debate on whether and when to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, we want to discuss here what America's moral obligations are now to the Iraqi people. What does America owe Iraq?
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September 29, 2006: Shia-Sunni Conflict
The conflict between Sunnis and Shiites. It goes back nearly 1,400 years. Today it is tearing Iraq apart. But the two branches of Islam have not always been openly hostile, and in many parts of the world they live together peacefully. Lucky Severson talked with a prominent Middle East scholar about the rivalry's history, and why it has exploded recently, and what the prospects are for the future.
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August 10, 2006: The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
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August 10, 2006: Battle for the Middle East
Read correspondent Lucky Severson's August 7, 2006 interview in Washington, D.C. with Vali Nasr, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
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