Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

In â€œa clear-eyed and shrewd examinationâ€¦of how the US seems to be mired in a losing and intractable battle against global terrorismâ€ (Publishers Weekly), Mark Danner describes a nation forever altered by President George W. Bushâ€™s war of choice after 9/11.

The War on Terror has led to fifteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in Americaâ€™s history. Al Qaeda, the organization that attacked us on 9/11, has been â€œdecimatedâ€ (the word is Obamaâ€™s) but replaced by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the most notoriousâ€”ISIS.

Spiral, explains Mark Danner, is what we can call a perpetual and continuously widening war that has put the country in a â€œstate of exception.â€ Bushâ€™s promise that we have â€œtaken the gloves offâ€ and Obamaâ€™s inability to define an end game have had a profound effect on us even though the actual combat is fought by a tiny percentage of our citizens. In the name of security, some of our accustomed rights and freedoms are circumscribed. Guantanamo, indefinite detention, drone warfare, enhanced interrogation, torture, and warrantless wiretapping are all words that have become familiar and tolerated.

And yet the war goes badly as the Middle East drowns in civil wars and the Caliphate expands and brutalized populations flee and seek asylum in Europe. In defining the War on Terror as boundless, apocalyptic, and unceasing, Danner provides his â€œchilling cautionary tale of Orwellian repercussionsâ€ (Kirkus Reviews). Spiral is â€œa timely, valuable bookâ€ (San Francisco Chronicle) that is â€œan excellent resource for those who want to understand Middle East unrest and the ISIS terrorism threat without being Middle East scholarsâ€ (Library Journal).

Country	USA
Author	Mark Danner
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781476747774
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	1476747776
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2017-06-13
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2017-06-13
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

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