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It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the…
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch and a fellow at the Type Media Center. He is the author most recently of Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves.
Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done… for the…
If you follow the words, one Middle East comes into view; if you follow the weapons, quite another. This week, the words…
The first months of this year have been grim for free speech in Iraq.
The men walking down the street looked ordinary enough. Ordinary, at least, for these days of tumult and protest in the Middle…
The United States has 460 bases overseas! It has 507 permanent bases! What is the U.S doing with more than 560 foreign…
The construction projects are sprouting like mushrooms: walled complexes, high-strength weapons vaults, and underground bunkers with command and control capacities — and…
Some go by names steeped in military tradition like Leatherneck and Geronimo. Many sound fake-tough, like Ramrod, Lightning, Cobra, and Wolverine. Some display a local flavor,…
Quick — name the five most important, influential, and best known books on the Afghan War. Okay, name three. Okay, I'll settle…
With the arrival of General David Petraeus as Afghan War commander, there has been ever more talk about the meaning of “success”…