Thomas E. Ricks


Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.

Articles by Thomas E. Ricks
"An ostrich only thinks he 'covers up'." (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
"An ostrich only thinks he 'covers up'." (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
Covers of Just War Reconsidered and War and the Art of Governance (University Press of Kentucky/Georgetown University Press)
Covers of Just War Reconsidered and War and the Art of Governance (University Press of Kentucky/Georgetown University Press)
General Grant and General Sherman (Library of Congress)
General Grant and General Sherman (Library of Congress)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) logo (Wikimedia Commons).
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) logo (Wikimedia Commons).
Left: Major General Julian Ewell in 1968. (Octofoil magazine); Right: General Frederick Weyand. (United States Army)
Left: Major General Julian Ewell in 1968. (Octofoil magazine); Right: General Frederick Weyand. (United States Army)
Female Marine Corps recruits undergo combat training at the United States Marine Corps on Parris Island, South Carolina in 2004. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Female Marine Corps recruits undergo combat training at the United States Marine Corps on Parris Island, South Carolina in 2004. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The cover of The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848.
The cover of The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848.
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do not pet dog
TO GO WITH STORY: Vietnam-US-war-media, FEATURE by Cat Barton
This picture taken on April 11, 2015 shows a man walking next to propaganda posters displayed at an open-air exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Many US soldiers who fought in Vietnam will remember the dulcet tones of Hanoi Hannah, the silky-voiced communist radio correspondent who urged young American GIs to stop fighting and go home .  AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH Nam        (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH STORY: Vietnam-US-war-media, FEATURE by Cat Barton This picture taken on April 11, 2015 shows a man walking next to propaganda posters displayed at an open-air exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Many US soldiers who fought in Vietnam will remember the dulcet tones of Hanoi Hannah, the silky-voiced communist radio correspondent who urged young American GIs to stop fighting and go home . AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, :  American youths stage a rally 30 November 1965 in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. protesting United States military involvement in the Vietnam war. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, : American youths stage a rally 30 November 1965 in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. protesting United States military involvement in the Vietnam war. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)