Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were "isolated incidents" in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few "bad apples." However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese [...]
The Pentagon works with Hollywood to develop new robot weapons systems, and encourages Hollywood to glorify and sanitize military violence. The military works with computer manufacturers to develop more efficient ways of killing. Presenting high-tech military-industrial complex, this book this world[...]
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 [...]
"A dogged and intrepid journalist who won't take 'no comment' for an answer, Nick Turse has done a fantastic job of exposing the US military's expansion into Africa and the proliferation of its secret missions on the continent."--Craig Whitlock, Pentagon correspondent, "The Washington Post"
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Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few bad apples. However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese civi[...]