James M Skelly

James M Skelly is senior fellow at the Baker Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies, Juniata College, Pennsylvania.

American soldiers and war crimes in Iraq

The complicity of senior United States military leaders in the killing of Iraqi civilians at Haditha and elsewhere should be investigated, says James M Skelly. Why do American and British

By James M Skelly

/ 8 Jun 2006

Iraq, Vietnam, and the dilemmas of United States soldiers

This article is about the difficult moral and legal circumstances that United States soldiers find themselves in during the occupation of Iraq. I want to start by discussing the general

By James M Skelly

/ 24 May 2006