<p><span class="deck">Facing a nearly invisible enemy, we all may be subjected to new kinds of government scrutiny. But previous wars suggest that the final result may be greater freedom.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Our government called the terrorist attacks on our country an act of war and replied with a declaration of war on terrorism. What can history teach us about our prospects in such a war?</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">The soldier-historian-novelist Ralph Peters looks at how the world has changed in the past decade, and finds that America is both a hostage to history and likely to be saved by it.</span></p>
<p>For the first time in U.S. history, women are fighting alongside their male their male counterparts. So far, 110 have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Though Bush's connections to industry sometimes led to charges of corruption, his presidency is most associated with the Iraq War and efforts to combat terrorism in the wake of 9/11.</p>
