Here you can find links to articles Caleb Carr has written for various publications, ranging from newspaper columns and book reviews to academic journal articles. This is by no means a comprehensive list; if you know of another article written by Mr. Carr that isn’t listed here, you are welcome to get in contact.
Newspaper/Magazine Articles by Caleb Carr
Columns
- 2003: New York Observer: Historical Context M.I.A.-Blame the Commander in Chief
- 2003: New York Observer: On Beholding Baghdad
- 2003: New York Observer: Handicapping Military Is Order of the Day; Maureen Is Feasting
- 2003: New York Observer: The Ferocious Spectacle In Baghdad
- 2003: New York Observer: Fear Subsuming Offensive Goals of War on Iraq
- 2003: New York Observer: Strategic Bombing Brings Up Quandary Of Military Ethics
- 2003: New York Observer: Trouble in Turkey, Al Qaeda Capture Intensify the Heat
- 2003: New York Observer: Bush’s Conflict: Military Methods At War For Iraq
Opinion Pieces
- 2015: New York Daily News: Defeating ISIS, slowly but surely: Don’t panic, and don’t expect a Hiroshima moment
- 2015: Vanity Fair: The Frantic Media Response to San Bernardino Is Making Us Less Safe
- 2015: New York Daily News: Let Europe lead the war in Syria: History counsels caution for American troops
- 2015: Los Angeles Times: If France wants to succeed against Islamic State, it should study the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
- 2012: Wall Street Journal: To Fiction, Through History
- 2006: Los Angeles Times: A War of Escalating Errors
- 2006: Los Angeles Times: Why Good Countries Fight Dirty Wars
- 2006: Washington Post: Let Them Have Their Civil War
- 2005: Wall Street Journal: The Smell of Fear
- 2004: Washington Post: Wrong Definition For a War
- 2002: The New York Times: Costs of Targeting Civilians
- 2001: The New York Times: The Art of Knowing the Enemy
- 2001: The New York Times: Americans Don’t Understand That Their Heritage Is Itself a Threat
- 2001: The New York Times: The Myth of a Perfect Defense
- 2001: Salon: Information Poisoning
- 1997: The New York Times: The Ramsey Case Revisited
- 1997: The New York Times: Myths and Criminal Masterminds
- 1994: Harper’s Magazine: Aldrich Ames and the CIA’s dark history
- 1993: The New York Times: The Humanitarian Illusion
- 1990: The New York Times: ‘NATO’ in the Gulf: A Certain Disaster
co-written with James Chace - 1987: The New York Times: Security Precedes Credibility
- 1986: The New York Times: ABOUT MEN; An Incident of Wolves
Reviews
- 2002: The New York Times: Dealing With the Work of a Fiend
- 2000: The New York Times: Nor Any Drop to Drink
- 1993: The New York Times: James the Ripper?
- 1992: The New York Times: Should War Be Left to The Generals?
- 1992: The New York Times: Minnesota Death Trip
Journal Publications
- 2007: “Terrorism”: Why the Definition Must Be Broad, World Policy Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring, 2007), pp. 47-50
- 1996/1997: Terrorism as Warfare: The Lessons of Military History, World Policy Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter, 1996/1997), pp. 1-12
- 1995: Internationalism in the Age of Factionalism, World Policy Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 1995), pp. 67-70
- 1994: Aldrich Ames and the Conduct of American Intelligence, World Policy Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall, 1994), pp. 19-28
- 1993: The Consequences of Somalia, World Policy Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall, 1993), pp. 1-4