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Nick Turse

Nick Turse is the associate editor of TomDispatch.com. 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); "Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare, 2001-2050" (2012 with Tom Engelhardt); "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives" (2009); and "The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan" (2010). Turse is currently a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute. His website is www.Nick Turse.com. 

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Will America's Forever Wars Ever Be Over?

The 20th anniversary of the war on terror arrives.

Nick Turse ·

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.

Nick Turse ·

Hersey begins Hiroshima in an understated fashion, noting exactly what each of the six survivors he chronicles was doing at the moment their lives changed forever. (Photo: Courtesy Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima)

This Vanishing Moment and Our Vanishing Future

John Hersey, Hiroshima, and the end of world.

Nick Turse ·

It takes a long time, but the Earth’s orbit and axis do change and once they do, things are never the same again. (Photo: CC)

Will the Death of George Floyd Mark the Rebirth of America?

A man forced to die with his face pressed to the ground may yet shift the earth under your feet.

Nick Turse ·

With thousands of commandos operating —with little visibility—in scores of countries on any given day, it’s little wonder that discipline has eroded to a point where the command could neither fully gloss over nor cover it up. (Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

America’s Commandos Deployed to 141 Countries

What did they do and where did they do it?

Nick Turse ·

As 2020 begins, with America’s Afghan war in its 19th year and "progress" as nonexistent as ever, a beleaguered president continues to mull over just how to end America’s "endless wars" (while seemingly expanding them further). (Photo: U.S. Army/flickr/cc)

Trump Threatens Afghan Armageddon

U.S. "plans" for the Afghan War might prove a crime against humanity.

Nick Turse ·

Keep in mind that such Military Support Sites only begin to scratch the surface when it comes to the Pentagon’s inventory of non-base outposts. (Photo: DefenseTalk.com)

Winter Is Coming

Castle Black, the Syrian withdrawal, and the Battle of the Bases.

Nick Turse ·

There are currently 5.6 million displaced Congolese and it's estimated that 99% were made homeless due to violence. (Photo by Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

As the World Looks Away, Death Stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo

The forgotten trauma of a forgotten war.

Nick Turse ·

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