GABRIEL KOLKO 1932-2014 Gabriel Kolko is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent historian of war in modern times. He was, together with his wife, Joyce, a longtime friend of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, and a frequent contributor to The Spokesman journal. We salute his life's work. Jeffrey St. Clair , edit or of CounterPunch , writes: We received word this morning that our friend and long-time CounterPunch writer Gabriel Kolko died yesterday at his home in Amsterdam. Kolko, author of The Triumph of Conservatism, Anatomy of a War, and A Century of War, was one of the pre-eminent historians of our time. Kolko was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1932. He attended Kent State University and received his doctorate in history from Harvard. Along with Saul Landau, Kolko was one of the circle of historians trained at University of Wisconsin by the great William Appleman Williams. Kolko taught history for many years at York Un...