‘Rambo’ rides again? Switching roles and purifying souls in Ukraine
Like the third installment of the Stallone series, America is trying to reimagine itself while never acknowledging failures of the past.
Hannah Gurman teaches U.S. history and American Studies at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She has written and edited several books on the history of U.S. foreign relations, including The Dissent Papers: The Voices of U.S. Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond (2012); Hearts and Minds: A People’s History of Counterinsurgency; and (with Kaeten Mistry) Whistleblowing Nation: The History of U.S. National Security Disclosures and the Cult of State Secrecy.
Like the third installment of the Stallone series, America is trying to reimagine itself while never acknowledging failures of the past.