The Cold War Plan to Keep Soviet Hands Off Middle Eastern Oil
Papers accidentally declassified by the Truman Presidential Library revealed a plot of ‘denial’, stopping the Soviet Union from accessing resources, whatever the cost.
The World Is a Thriving Slaughterhouse
A reporter looks back through his archive, at his notes from Hiroshima, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and elsewhere. He recalls the stories on which he reported, and the people he met.
Confessions of a Gun Range Worker
The strange reality of a life spent on the gun range is encapsulated by the occasional need to lay cat litter to soak up pools of blood on the floor.
The Mogul of the Middle
And insidery view of the strategy an upstart takes in a bid to usurp the big studios in Hollywood. Essential reading if, for instance, you’re interested in how Keanu Reeves pitched ‘Unmanned’, a film described by its producer as “‘Saving Private RyanÕ five minutes in the future”.
Enter Left
An in depth profile of Jeremy Corbyn from across the Atlantic. http://www.bit.ly/newyorker-corbyn
Inside The Global Times, China’s Hawkish, Belligerent State Tabloid
A profile of the paper known for its excoriating editorials railing against a dizzying array of targets.
Lawdy, Lawdy He’s Great
One of the most famous articles of Muhammad Ali’s storied life, written after his defeat of Joe Frazier in Manila in 1975.