"Fascinating, no matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum."--Wired
Now in paperback, a stunning breakdown of the modern military-industrial complex--an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates all our lives.
From iPods to Starbucks to Oakley sunglasses, historian Nick Turse explores the Pentagon's little-noticed contacts (and contracts) with the products and companies that now form the fabric of America. He investigates the remarkable range of military incursions into the civilian world: the Pentagon's collaborations...
"Fascinating, no matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum."--Wired
Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It may sound like a safer, saner war-fighting. In reality, it will prove anything but, as Turse's pathbreaking reportage makes clear."
Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of ...
Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians The American Empire Project Winner of the Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese noncombatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Rather, it...
Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians The American Empire ...
You won t see segments about it on the nightly news or read about it on the front page of America s newspapers, but the Pentagon is fighting a new shadow war in Africa, helping to destabilize whole countries and preparing the ground for future blowback. Behind closed doors, U.S. officers now claim that Africa is the battlefield of tomorrow, today." In Tomorrow s Battlefield, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking true story of the U.S. military s spreading secret wars in Africa. "
You won t see segments about it on the nightly news or read about it on the front page of America s newspapers, but the Pentagon is fighting a new sha...
A dramatic, true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead is modern crisis reporting at its best. For six weeks in the Spring of 2015, award-winning journalist Nick Turse traveled on foot as well as by car, SUV, and helicopter around war-torn South Sudan talking to military officers and child soldiers, United Nations officials and humanitarian workers, civil servants, civil society activists, and internally displaced persons-people whose lives had been blown apart by a ceaseless conflict there. In fast-paced and dramatic fashion,...
A dramatic, true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead is modern crisis reporting at its ...
Uniquely using historical material and military records as well as personal interviews and clinical diagnoses, Surviving Vietnam focuses on veterans' war-zone experiences and the development in some of PTSD. It addresses controversies regarding reported rates of PTSD and the importance of exposure to traumatic events compared with pre-war personal vulnerability.
Uniquely using historical material and military records as well as personal interviews and clinical diagnoses, Surviving Vietnam focuses on veterans' ...
