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Jonathan Schell

Jonathan Schell, a fellow at The Nation Institute, a TomDispatch regular, and the peace and disarmament correspondent for the Nation magazine, died on March 25, 2014. Among many other works, he was the author of The Real War, a collection of his New Yorker reportage on the Vietnam War.

The Path to a New 1914?

How America Chose War After 9/11

By Jonathan Schell On July 24, 2022On July 25, 2022

How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam?

A New Book Transforms Our Understanding of What the Vietnam War Actually Was 

By Jonathan Schell On July 25, 2021On July 25, 2021

Best of TomDispatch: In Memoriam: Jonathan Schell (1943-2014)

By Jonathan Schell On July 5, 2020On December 14, 2020

How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam? 

A New Book Transforms Our Understanding of What the Vietnam War Actually Was 

By Jonathan Schell On November 30, 2014On June 6, 2021

The Path to a New 1914? 

How America Chose War After 9/11 

By Jonathan Schell On July 22, 2014On July 22, 2014

How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam? 

A New Book Transforms Our Understanding of What the Vietnam War Actually Was 

By Jonathan Schell On January 17, 2013On May 15, 2021

Attacking Libya — and the Dictionary

By Jonathan Schell On June 21, 2011On May 15, 2021

Tomdispatch Interview: Jonathan Schell, The Bomb in the Mind

By Jonathan Schell On December 4, 2007On March 21, 2011

Tomdispatch: Jonathan Schell, Pakistan, Bush, and the Bomb

By Jonathan Schell On November 13, 2007On February 17, 2021

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