COVER
What We've Learned Since 9/11
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends. The war on terrorism has long since lost its crisp moral lines. We may agree that terrorism is wicked, but we're still unsure about how to answer it
NATION
One Thing We Need to Do
The Nation That Fell To Earth
Did the U.S. overreact to Sept. 11? Niall Ferguson, one of the world's leading historians, speculates on how future generations will judge the war on terrorism - and on what it will take for America to win it