Bøger af Nick Turse

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.

Leading commentators examine the Afghan debacle and its parallels with previous British and Soviet occupations

A dramatic, true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time Theyll 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 personspeople whose lives had been blown apart by a ceaseless conflict there. In fast-paced and dramatic fashion, Turse reveals the harsh reality of modern warfare in the developing world and the ways people manage to survive the unimaginable.Next Time Theyll Come to Count the Dead isnt about combat, its about the human condition, about ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, about death, life, and the crimes of war in the newest nation on earth.

Investigative journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking expansion of the U.S. militarys covert wars in Africa

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." In this investigation, the author demonstrates that violence against Vietnamese non-combatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict.

The Pentagon works with Hollywood to develop new robot weapons systems, and encourages Hollywood to glorify and sanitise military violence.