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Kill Anything That Moves by Nick Turse
Booksplease Price: €16.46Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist... -
The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan by Nick Turse 9781844674510
Booksplease Price: €21.31Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's "just war," the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up an increasingly... -
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives by Nick Turse 9780805089196
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €18.18"Fascinating, no matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum." "Wired"Now in paperback, a stunning breakdown of the modern military-industrial complex an... -
Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa by Nick Turse 9781608464630
RRP: €18.98Booksplease Price: €12.78In Tomorrow's Battlefield, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking true story of the US military's spreading secret wars in Africa. You won't see segments... -
Next Time They'll Come To Count The Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan by Nick Turse
RRP: €20.17Booksplease Price: €14.10A dramatic true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time They'll Come To Count The Dead is modern crisis reporting at its best. This book isn't about combat, it's about the human... -
The Changing Face Of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare by Nick Turse 9781608463107
RRP: €17.79Booksplease Price: €11.39Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite' methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops,... -
U.S. War-Culture, Sacrifice and Salvation Kelly Denton-Borhaug 9781845537111
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €45.21The military-industrial complex in the United States has grown exponentially in recent decades, yet the realities of war remain invisible to most Americans. The U.S has created a culture in which... -
Surviving Vietnam: Psychological Consequences of the War for US Veterans by Bruce P. Dohrenwend
RRP: €69.02Booksplease Price: €54.11The war in Vietnam is a watershed moment in United States history -- the first war lost by the U.S. despite its seemingly overwhelming military might. Surviving Vietnam focuses on the psychological... -
A Nation Unmade By War by Tom Engelhardt 9781608469017
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.20As veteran author Tom Engelhardt argues, despite having a more massive, technologically advanced, and better funded military than any other power on the planet, in the last decade and a half of... -
Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade by Paul Holden 9781783605668
Booksplease Price: €108.75Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the... -
The World According to Tomdispatch: The Alternative Guide to American Empire by Tom Engelhardt 9781844672578
Booksplease Price: €33.82Tomdispatch.com has established itself as the go-to blog for contemporary US politics, and the favored website for leading commentators; its powerful, no-holds-barred essays resonate throughout the... -
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass 9781849044578
Booksplease Price: €33.80New York Times Book of the Year The Blood Telegram is an unprecedented chronicle of a pivotal but little-known chapter of the Cold War. Gary J. Bass shows how Nixon and Kissinger supported Pakistan's... -
Napalm: An American Biography by Robert M. Neer 9780674088085
RRP: €32.07Booksplease Price: €30.44Napalm, incendiary gel that sticks to skin and burns to the bone, came into the world on Valentine's Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. On March 9, 1945, it created an inferno that... -
Precious Freedom: A Novel of the Vietnam War James Bradley 9781510785458
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €20.66FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS COMES PRECIOUS FREEDOM, A NOVEL OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM. The Vietnam War was a tragedy for America-and for Vietnam. But for the...