Since the beginning of the War on Terror, LRC has, from time to time, reviewed and recommended re-viewing of some great anti-war movies. In the same spirit, readers may find it well worthwhile revisiting a play that deals with a collateral phenomenon associated with war as waged by the modern, democratic state: the coercive conformity of behavior and opinion that is required to mobilize society and its resources for war. Few, I suspect, will doubt that a new groupthink emerged from the ashes of 9/11. President Bush himself gave the first sign of what was expected of us shortly after … Continue reading Fight War Group-Think