Nick Turse Quotes

• If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.

  Nick Turse

  Government, Guides, Your Future

  "Misremembering America’s Wars, 2003-2053" by Nick Turse, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 18, 2014.

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• The true history of Vietnamese civilian suffering does not fit comfortably into America's preferred postwar narrative - the tale of a conflict nobly fought by responsible commanders and good American boys, who should not be tainted by the occasional mistakes of a few 'bad apples' in their midst.

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  Mistake, Boys, Apples

  Nick Turse (2013). “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam”, p.256, Macmillan

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• Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably uniform - obstruction and obfuscation, hurdles and hindrances. In short, the good old-fashioned military runaround.

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  Military, Latin, Qatar

  "The Classic Military Runaround" by Nick Turse, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 8, 2013.

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• Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep - not once in a blue moon, but once a month or a week or a day.

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  Real, War, Moon

  "American War Versus Real War" by Nick Turse, www.motherjones.com. July 13, 2010.

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• The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.

  Nick Turse

  Military, Silent Films, Long

  "The Real-Life Matrix". Interview with Casey Miner, www.motherjones.com. April 01, 2008.

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