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Nick Turse

Nick Turse

Nick Turse is the Managing Editor of TomDispatch.com and a fellow at the Type Media Center. His latest book is "Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan" (2016). He is the author/editor of several other books, including: "Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa" (2015); "Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam" (2013); "The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyber Warfare" (2012); "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives" (2009); and "The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan" (2010). Turse was a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute. His website is www.Nick Turse.com.

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Casualties of America's Never-Ending Global War on Terror

The civilian deaths you haven't heard about.

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Before Ukraine, A Massive Refugee Crisis Ignored and Largely Created by the West

One reporter, Sally Hayden, answered a message one day and uncovered a global scandal "of epic proportions."

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Nationless in a War-Torn and Unforgiving World

One in every 95 people on this planet is involuntarily on the move. Add in those driven by economic imperatives and one of every 30 people on Earth is now a migrant.

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The 20-Year War on Terror Was an Amazing Success—If You Were Terrorism

In the wake of 9/11, 90% of Americans were braying for war. They got it.

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In Praise of People (Even Me) Who Were Right About the Failed Afghan War From the Beginning

It doesn’t pay to be right about America’s wars, especially from the start. Nobody cares. Nobody remembers.

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Forever Wars: The Names You'll Never Know

Americans have been killing civilians since before there was a United States.

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Will America's Forever Wars Ever Be Over?

The 20th anniversary of the war on terror arrives.

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In the decades ahead, ever more of us will find ourselves on roads like the one to Kaya, running from the devastation of raging wildfires or uncontrolled floodwaters, successive hurricanes or supercharged cyclones, withering droughts, spiraling conflicts, or the next life-altering pandemic. (Photo: Reuters/Rodi Said)

A Convergence of Calamities

Record numbers of war-displaced to be dwarfed by those driven from their homes by climate change.

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