The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare (Dispatch Books)

An anatomy of the U.S. military's new six-point program for twenty-first-century war;Indhold: The changing face of empire ; Uncovering the military's secret military ; America's empire of drone bases ; Arming Mideast autocrats ; The Pentagon's training missions ; Prisons, drones, and black ops in Afghanistan ; Shadow wars in Africa ; Washington puts its money on proxy war ; How the United States creates global instability ; What the U.S. military can't do The Changing Face Of Empire -- Uncovering The Military's Secret Military -- America's Empire Of Drone Bases -- Arming Mideast Autocrats -- The Pentagon's Training Missions -- Prisons, Drones, And Black Ops In Afghanistan -- Shadow Wars In Africa -- Washington Puts Its Money On Proxy War -- How The United States Creates Global Instability -- What The U.s. Military Can't Do. By Nick Turse. A Dispatch Books Project--cover. Following 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, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It may sound like a safer, saner war-fighting. In reality, it will prove anything but, as Turse's pathbreaking reportage makes clear. Politics,Current Affairs Following 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, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It may sound like a safer, saner war-fighting. In reality, it will prove anything but, as Turse's pathbreaking reportage makes clear. The Changing Face of Empire is a devastating anatomy of the U.S. military’s new six-point program for twenty-first-century war.