America at a Crossroads

Atlantic Monthly military correspondent Robert D. Kaplan examines the U.S. military's role in the 21st century. Included: U.S. forces working with local forces in the Philippines and Mali to root out terrorists; assisting the Colombian government in its war against the narcotics trade; and training the military in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

All Episodes - Season 1

Episode 1

JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda

Episode 2

Warriors

Episode 3

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Episode 4

Gangs of Iraq

Episode 5

The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom

Episode 6

Europe's 9/11

Episode 7

The Muslim Americans

Episode 8

Faith Without Fear

Episode 9

Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia

Episode 10

Security Versus Liberty: The Other War

Episode 11

The Brotherhood

Episode 12

Kansas to Kandahar: Citizen Soldiers at War

Episode 13

The Anti-Americans (a hate/love relationship)

Episode 14

Inside America’s Empire

Episode 15

Campus Battleground

Episode 16

Homegrown: Islam in Prison

Episode 17

STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age

Episode 18

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

Episode 19

Dissonance and Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West

Episode 20

The Mosque in Morgantown