Stories by Nick Turse

 Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch.com and a fellow at the Nation Institute.  An award-winning journalist, his work has appeared in theLos Angeles Times, the Nation, and regularly at TomDispatch. He is the author/editor of several books, including the just published The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare  (Haymarket Books). This piece is the final article in hisseries on the changing face of American empire, which is being underwritten by Lannan Foundation. You can follow him on Tumblr.Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch and join us on Facebook.Copyright 2012 Nick Turse subscribe to Nick Turse's feed

The Pentagon Is Spending Your Tax Dollars to Keep You in the Dark About Its Sprawling Empire

Posted on: Jul 7, 2013, Source: Tom Dispatch

Requests for info from the Pentagon on its activities across the planet are met with obstruction and obfuscation.

How the U.S. Military Presence in Africa Could Spawn a New Era of Radical Terrorism

Posted on: Jun 18, 2013, Source: Tom Dispatch

Once again, the military is spurring destabilization, the growth of radical Islamic movements and blowback in a new region of the planet.

Unimaginable Destruction If Israel Did Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons

Posted on: May 12, 2013, Source: TomDispatch.com

An Israeli attack on the Iranian capital of Tehran using five 500-kiloton weapons would kill seven million people -- 86% of the population -- according to a new study.

The Vietnam War Was Worse Than You Could Ever Imagine

Posted on: Mar 19, 2013, Source: TomDispatch

From American histories, you would think the primary feature of the Vietnam War was combat. It wasn’t. Suffering was its main characteristic.

Water Torture, as American as Apple Pie

Posted on: Feb 24, 2013, Source: TomDispatch.com

What does it mean when torture, already the definition of “cruel,” becomes usual?

Defense Nominee Hagel, How Will Witnessing Machine-Gunning of an Orphanage Affect Your Work at the Pentagon?

Posted on: Jan 31, 2013, Source: TomDispatch

Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings in the Senate are a chance for the truth about a lost war and America’s war-making future.

Gang Rapes and Beatings, Brothels Filled with Teenage Prostitutes -- The Depths of American Brutality in Vietnam

Posted on: Jan 19, 2013, Source: Metropolitan Books

A powerful excerpt from Nick Turse's new book, 'Kill Anything That Moves' exposes the horrors committed by the U.S.

Will America Ever Grapple with the Atrocities It Committed in Vietnam?

Posted on: Jan 8, 2013, Source: TomDispatch

There has been one connecting thread in Washington’s foreign wars of the last half century -- misery for local nationals.

No Austerity for the American Empire: Obama Providing Massive Stimulus for His Base-Building Spree

Posted on: Nov 15, 2012, Source: Tom Dispatch

A billion dollars from the federal government--that kind of money could go a long way toward our own infrastructure.

The Changing Face of American Empire

Posted on: Oct 25, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.org

How the empire has changed its face, but not its nature.

How Can We Be "Withdrawing" from Afghanistan If the US Has 550 Bases There?

Posted on: Sep 4, 2012, Source: Tom Dispatch

The base-building frenzy in Afghanistan one of the greatest construction booms in modern history--and it was in the middle of nowhere.

The Election Year Outsourcing No One's Talking About: The U.S. Fighting Proxy Wars Around the Globe

Posted on: Aug 13, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

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

Posted on: Jun 16, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

The administration is now carefully developing and honing a new Obama doctrine, a six-point program for twenty-first-century war, American-style.

Will Your Future Be Full of Robot Assassins and Spy Aircraft?

Posted on: May 31, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

The future global skies are going to be a busy and increasingly dangerous place.

America's Wars of Attrition

Posted on: Apr 24, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

More than 40 years after the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military still doesn’t get it.

The End in Afghanistan? Radical Change Is in the Air and the American Position Is Visibly Crumbling

Posted on: Feb 28, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

"Winning" is a distant, long-faded fantasy, defeat a rising reality.

450 Bases and it's Not Over Yet: The Pentagon’s Plans for Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan

Posted on: Feb 12, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

The super-secure facility at the massive air base in Kandahar is just one of many building projects the U.S. military currently has planned or underway in Afghanistan.

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare

Posted on: Jan 15, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

What 70 downed drones tell us about the new American way of war.

The Drone That Fell From the Sky: What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

The drone increasingly looks less like a winning weapon than a machine for generating opposition and enemies.

Startling New Evidence Shows US Troops Helped Despotic Regimes Battle the Arab Spring Uprisings

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

During 2011, U.S. troops regularly partnered with and trained the security forces of numerous regimes that were actively beating back democratic protests.

Who Are the Dudes and the Vipers, and Why Are They Bombing the Afghans?

Posted on: Dec 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The U.S. Air Force continues to bomb Afghanistan -- the civilian toll remains unknown.

NYPD Snoop Declares Zuccotti Park A “Soft Target” for Terrorists: Really?

Posted on: Nov 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Plainclothes cop says the NYPD response to OWS is meant to stop the next 9/11, but a newly alleged terror plot suggests the police may have put protesters at increased risk.

Dispatches From the Day of Action: Occupy Wall Street Takes the Financial District and the Brooklyn Bridge

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

At its do-or-die moment, Occupy Wall Street holds firm, takes to the streets and lives to protest another day.

OWS Fight Is Far from Over: Explosive Actions on 2-Month Anniversary of Movement

Posted on: Nov 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The 99 percent showed up around the city to stand in solidarity with the evicted occupiers and express their support for a growing movement.

The US Has Been Bombing Iraq Since 1991 Without Stopping--Until Now

Posted on: Nov 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A top general told AlterNet that the U.S. military is preparing to end the longest air war in history.

'Go. Leave. You Can't Be Here': What Happened When I Tried to Investigate the Connection Between the NYPD and Brookfield Properties, Zuccotti's Owners

Posted on: Nov 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why did a police officer declare my reporting "illegal" just days before the pre-dawn raid on the OWS encampment?

The Air Force Song and Dance Troupe? What the Military's Holiday Spectacular Tells Us About Changing Times for US Empire

Posted on: Nov 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

An all-singing, all-dancing guide to changes in the Pentagon’s foreign base world.

What Happened When I Tried to Get Some Answers About the Creepy NYPD Watchtower Monitoring OWS

Posted on: Nov 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

There’s a metal monster looming over Liberty Square, but don’t ask questions about it or else.

Investigation Finds U.S. Military Drones Have Flown Close to 3 Million Hours

Posted on: Nov 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Data provided to AlterNet by the military services reveals massive use of drones, most of their time spent in combat.

Cops Blame Occupy Wall Street for Surge in Shootings But City Wastes Money Policing Nonviolent Protesters

Posted on: Oct 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

NYPD floods Wall Street with cops to pen in protesters, then blames Occupy Wall Street for diverting resources as gun violence spikes across the city.

New York Becoming a Police State? Occupy Wall Street Meets the "Ring of Steel" at Liberty Square

Posted on: Oct 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

NYPD's metal barricades have militarized the peaceable occupation at Liberty Square and contributed to the creeping homeland security state ethos.

Tarps, Not Spirits, Sag as Storm Soaks Liberty Square

Posted on: Oct 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupy Wall Street defies weather, feeds the masses -- even “Wall Street capitalists" -- as storm buffets the Big Apple.

Occupy Wall Street: 992 Arrested at Price Tag of More Than $3.4 Million

Posted on: Oct 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupy Wall Street arrests approach 1,000, while police rake in millions in overtime.

America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time

Posted on: Oct 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet and TomDispatch

A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America's shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe.

Occupy Wall Street Wins Converts, Flummoxes Cops on Global Day of Protest

Posted on: Oct 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The flat-foots were caught flatfooted as Occupy Wall Street marchers took to the streets of New York City.

Occupy Wall Street: People Power vs. the Police State

Posted on: Oct 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The NYPD has erected a ring of steel around Liberty Plaza, but Occupy Wall Street vows to resist.

Occupy Wall Street Trades in 'The Whole World is Watching' for Watching the Whole World

Posted on: Oct 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupy Wall Street protesters don’t need old failed ideas, advice from columnists or Barack Obama: they’ve got Tunisia, Egypt and Syria.

Supercommittee Co-Chair Patty Murray Accepts Award from Defense Industry As She Mulls Cuts To Pentagon Budget

Posted on: Oct 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why won’t the mainstream media or supercommittee member Patty Murray talk about her award from the defense industry?

Air Force Fears New 'Drug Craze'

Posted on: Sep 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Air Force fears epidemic use of the synthetic drugs known as “bath salts," but fails to even track cases.

Will Ties to Pentagon Contractors Push 'Supercommittee' Democrats to Cut Entitlements?

Posted on: Sep 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet teams up with Salon and Brave New Foundation to document how Dems on the Congressional "supercommittee" get far more military campaign money and contracts than the GOP.

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