Selected Publications
Books by james wright
War and American Life: Reflections on Those Who Serve and Sacrifice (Brandeis University Press, 2022)
Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War (Thomas Dunne Books. St. Martins’s Press, NY: 2017)
Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of American Wars and Those Who Fought Them, (Public Affairs 2012)
The Progressive Yankees: Republican Reformers in New Hampshire (University Press of New England, 1987)
The Great Plains Experience: Readings in the History of a Region (Author and co-editor, University of Mid-America, 1978)
The Politics of Populism: Dissent in Colorado (Yale University Press, 1974)
The West of the American People (co-editor, Itasca, Illinois, F.E. Peacock, Publishers, 1970)
The Galena Lead District: Federal Policy and Practices, 1824-1847 (Madison, The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1966)
Op Eds, Essays, Blogs by James Wright
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Nov/Dec 2020, “Good Neighbor”
DefenseOne.com, 11/1/20, “The Election Without a Debate Over War”
Valley News, 7/12/20, “We Are Always Rewriting the Past – We Must”
Los Angeles Times, 5/25/20, “We’ve Learned to Thank Those Who Serve, Whether It’s in War or During a Pandemic”
DefenseOne.com, 12/15/19, “Nixon’s Leniency After My Lai Hurt Veterans. Trump’s May, Too”
Vietnam [magazine], June 2019, “The Capture of Hamburger Hill” [featured article]
Vietnam [magazine], June 2019, “Walking the Hill They Died On [Reflections section
MilitaryTimes.com, 6/27/19, “The Human Face of War”
MilitaryTimes.com, 5/20/19, “As We Remember Normandy, Let’s Not Forget Hamburger Hill”
MilitaryTimes.com, 9/21/18,“How Modern Wars Are Changing the Definition of Heroism”
DefenseOne.com, 10/13/17, “The Real Lessons of Vietnam – And Afghanistan”
TheHill.com, 7/28/17, "GI Bill 2017: Investing in the Future of the Republic"
The Atlantic, 5/29/17, "The Challenge of Memorializing America’s Wars"
New York Times, 4/11/17, "The Baby Boomer War"
The Atlantic, 5/30/16, "Remembering Those Who Wore the 'Boots on the Ground'"
The Atlantic, 7/23/13, "What We Learned From the Korean War"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/3/13, "Remember: Those Who Fight Wars Die in Wars"
The Atlantic, 5/1/13, "10 Years After 'Mission Accomplished,' the Risks of Another Intervention"
The Atlantic, 3/25/13, "Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?"
Huffington Post, 12/13/12, "War in Afghanistan: The Unseen Sacrifice"
Huffington Post, 11/11/12, "Veterans Day Is for Remembering -- And for Looking Ahead"
Huffington Post, 10/4/12, "The Forgotten 1%"
Foreign Affairs, 8/11/12, "Bearing the Cost of War: Why the U.S. Should Raise Taxes -- Just As it Has in Previous Conflicts"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2008, “The New G I Bill: It’s a Win-Win Proposition”
The Boston Globe, October 6, 2007, “Honoring Veterans”
NCAA News, November 21, 2005 “ In recruiting, early not always better,"