Stories by Nicholas Turse
Nick Turse is doctoral candidate at the Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He writes for the Village Voice and regularly for Tomdispatch on the military-corporate complex.
From "mission accomplished" through those endless "turning points" and "the precipice," American officials in Baghdad and Washington haven't been sparing with the use of images or analogies. Can you pass the War of the Words quiz?
Posted on Jun 18, 2007
Social networking websites are just the latest place the military is trying to catch the attention of the next crop of potential recruits.
Posted on Oct 3, 2006
Iraq is driving down the number of new enlistees, and in desperation recruiters are bringing in a motley mix of underage teens, foreign fighters, neo-Nazis, and ex-cons.
Posted on Sep 16, 2006
A closer look at the military's attempts to recruit soldiers on the Internet shows how desperately the armed forces need warm bodies.
Posted on Jul 14, 2005
However bad the times may be for American tanks or troops, it's springtime for ever-conglomerating American munitions makers.
Posted on Apr 4, 2005
In the ever-evolving interest of 'security,' civil rights are disappearing before our eyes. Think someone's watching? They probably are.
Posted on Feb 1, 2005
From Bush and Blair dolls to bombs and fighter-bombers, here's a list of presents that will make this a jolly "military-corporate complex" Xmas for you and yours.
Posted on Dec 13, 2004
By using high technology and cutting edge biomedicine, the military hopes to create an entire army of Captain Americas – a fighting force made up of super-soldiers whose human-ness has been all but banished.
Posted on Oct 16, 2004
The Republican National Convention protests gave law enforcement the perfect opportunity to stockpile weapons systems and high-tech equipment, and refine new tactics for squelching dissent.
Posted on Sep 8, 2004
From August 30 through September 2, when the Republican National Convention invades New York, the GOP wants to see a Manhattan emptied of life and the entire event 'bubble-ized.'
Posted on Jul 21, 2004
The reach of the military-academic complex goes far beyond schools like West Point and Annapolis; today almost 350 civilian universities conduct Pentagon-funded research.
Posted on May 2, 2004
The ever-expanding military-industrial complex is learning from the animal world. From octopus camoflauge tactics to the eyes of flies, government innovation and creativity seems to be the domain of weapons advancement.
Posted on Mar 9, 2004
What would the holidays be without little muscularized molded-plastic dolls holding big guns in a kung-fu battle grip?
Posted on Dec 22, 2003
