Nick Turse

Nick Turse is the associate editor of TomDispatch.com and the winner of a 2009 Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction as well as a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, In These Times, and regularly at TomDispatch. A paperback edition of his book The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives (Metropolitan Books), an exploration of the new military-corporate complex in America, has recently been published. His website is NickTurse.com.

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Rape Was Rampant During the Vietnam War. Why Doesn't US History Remember This?

Thousands of books have been written about Vietnam with no mention of widespread sexual assault.

Tue Mar. 19, 2013 12:03 PM PDT

The Hidden History of Waterboarding

Americans used the technique for decades. Only recently did we stop calling it torture.

Mon Feb. 25, 2013 12:54 PM PST

Don't Expect Anyone to Ask Chuck Hagel About an Orphanage Massacre During Vietnam

The confirmation hearings won't seriously address the dark legacy of the war.

Thu Jan. 31, 2013 2:48 PM PST

“So Many People Died”: How Afghanistan and Iraq Echo Vietnam

The ties between the wars are darker than most Americans recognize.

Tue Jan. 8, 2013 5:40 PM PST

Where Does Milllons in Pentagon Contracts Go?

Millions of American dollars flow into nation-building contracts for the Middle East, while the US's own infrastructure gets a "D."

Thu Nov. 15, 2012 3:34 PM PST

Setting the Record Straight on Afghanistan

The total troops in Afghanistan in 2010 topped troops in Iraq at the height of the war.

Wed Sep. 5, 2012 2:35 PM PDT

Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War

Meet the election year outsourcing that no one’s talking about.

Thu Aug. 9, 2012 10:52 AM PDT

The Increasing US Shadow Wars in Africa

Unbeknownst to most Americans, the US has been steadily increasing its military footprint in Africa.

Thu Jul. 12, 2012 11:43 AM PDT

The New Obama Doctrine: A Six-Point Plan for Global War

Special Ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, proxy fighters, and cyber warfare are the new stuff of global warfare.

Thu Jun. 14, 2012 11:34 AM PDT

A Drone-Eat-Drone World

Why the rise of drone warfare will mean more dead civilians.

Thu May. 31, 2012 10:27 AM PDT

What the US Military Doesn't Get About the Afghan War

For over a decade, the Pentagon has been trying to capture and kill its way to victory in Afghanistan through conventional offensives. But the plan still isn't working.

Tue Apr. 24, 2012 9:46 AM PDT

Why the Koran Burnings May Be the Final Straw in Afghanistan

Book burning is just the latest affront on a long list of offenses that have raised tensions in Afghanistan to a boiling point.

Tue Feb. 28, 2012 12:27 PM PST

Settling Down in Afghanistan

Despite Washington's talk of drawdowns, our tax dollars are funding a base building boom in Afghanistan that shows little sign of abating.

Mon Feb. 13, 2012 1:40 PM PST

The Crash and Burn Future of War Drones

America's killer robots keep falling from the sky. So much for being the future of warfare.

Fri Jan. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Secret Lives of Killer American Drones

What our busted and confiscated robot airplanes tell us about the US's new method of warfare.

Tue Dec. 20, 2011 12:00 PM PST

Did the Pentagon Help Suppress the Arab Spring?

As the Arab Spring blossomed, the Pentagon was busy forging ever deeper ties with some of the most repressive regimes in the region.

Tue Dec. 13, 2011 11:39 AM PST

America’s Secret Drone Empire

US drone bases are spreading throughout the world. Their full extent is revealed for the first time.

Mon Oct. 17, 2011 4:17 PM PDT

The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries?

The Bush administration had special operations forces in 60 countries. Today, that number is 75—and it's rising.

Mon Sep. 19, 2011 1:28 PM PDT

They Killed Bin Laden, but Their Black Ops Mission Isn't Over Yet

US Special Operations forces are waging a secret war in all corners of the world.

Thu Aug. 4, 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Obama’s Middle East Speech: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?

How the president and the Pentagon prop up Middle Eastern despots and American arms dealers.

Wed May. 18, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Is US Aid Suppressing Another Mideast Freedom Struggle?
Thu Apr. 28, 2011 3:53 PM PDT

America's Bahrain Cop-Out

How the tiny kingdom strong-armed the president of the United States.

Tue Mar. 15, 2011 2:37 PM PDT

The Pentagon's Planet of Bases

Does the Pentagon Really Have 1,180 Foreign Bases?

Mon Jan. 10, 2011 1:52 PM PST

Twenty-First Century Blowback?

As prospects dim in Iraq, the Pentagon digs in deeper around the Middle East.

Tue Nov. 16, 2010 4:18 PM PST

Digging in for the Long Haul in Afghanistan

How permanent are America’s Afghan bases?

Thu Oct. 21, 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Publish or Perish

Getting a read on American war.

Thu Oct. 14, 2010 10:29 AM PDT

The American Way of War Quiz

This was the war month that was. (Believe it or not.)

Tue Sep. 14, 2010 12:30 PM PDT

How Much "Success" Can Afghans Stand?

The American war and Afghanistan’s civilians.

Mon Sep. 13, 2010 12:18 PM PDT

American War Versus Real War

What Sebastian Junger and <em>Restrepo</em> won’t tell you about war.

Tue Jul. 13, 2010 2:36 PM PDT

Kick Ass or Buy Gas?

How taxpayers are subsidizing BP’s disaster through the Pentagon.

Thu Jun. 17, 2010 1:48 PM PDT

America's Shadowy Base World

The base-building boom in Afghanistan.

Tue Feb. 9, 2010 3:06 PM PST

The Drone Surge

Today, tomorrow, and 2047.

Mon Jan. 25, 2010 12:23 PM PST

Shooting Gnats with a Machine Gun

The US military, al-Qaeda, and a war of futility.

Thu Jan. 14, 2010 12:27 PM PST

The CIA's Shadow War

Making sense of the new CIA battlefield in Afghanistan.

Mon Jan. 11, 2010 12:06 PM PST

TomDispatch: What to Watch for in 2010

An American world of war.

Mon Jan. 4, 2010 11:17 AM PST