List of Culture articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A powerful article in ‘Parameters’ questions the direction and leadership of the Army
Best Defense is in summer reruns. Here is an item that originally ran on December 15, 2015.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain’s Extra Crispy Class War
How fried chicken overran the United Kingdom — and kicked off a uniquely British row about race, ethnicity, and obesity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: Why the Future of War Might Look Like Vegas
A naval laser light show, a cactus-inspired hydrogen car, and a new way to keep space clean.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dredging Up the Demons
Is collective memory of national nightmares always a good thing?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Decapitation Will Not Be Televised
The Islamic State has taken its propaganda cues from modern dystopian fiction. It should have paid closer attention.
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<> on April 2, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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Booklist_image1 Around the World in 40 Books
Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world’s great cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Best Defense commenter who is a former Marine JAG explicates ‘Turn’
Warning: Plot Spoilers Ahead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ludacris Said George W. Bush Was America’s Worst President. Now He’s Performing at Gitmo.
Nothing says Fourth of July like a free Ludacris concert at Guantanamo Bay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burqinis Are in This Season, But One German Swimming Pool Is Behind the Times
This isn’t the first time the burqini has been targeted in Europe.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Millionaire Tries to Stop Documentary Claiming to Tell the True Story of Russia’s Missing $230 Million
A new documentary about Sergei Magnitsky brings the drama of big money versus free speech to Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Vladimir Putin-Elton John Gay Rights Summit that Wasn’t
The British pop star and Russian president will no longer meet to discuss gay rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s New Renaissance
It’s time to let go of outmoded — and parochial — ideas about what “culture” and “civilization” in the Arab world is supposed to look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Croatia’s Far Right Weaponizes the Past
The new government includes an outspoken apologist for the country's World War II-era fascist regime.
