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The Moral Dilemmas of Total War

The "Hamid Plan" for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire is well-intentioned but it misses something vital. The battle for Gaza is not an ordinary one.

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This photograph of Stalingrad is from a post, “Unsung Witnesses of the Battle of Stalingrad,” on the site of the National World War II Museum, New Orleans.

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to publish this essay by

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Tom Barson grew up in Oberlin, Ohio and attended college and graduate school in New York City and retired in 2019 as an IT services director for global supply chain projects. He lives in East Lansing, Michigan.
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