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Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa (Dispatch Books) Paperback – May 19, 2015
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- Print length232 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHaymarket Books
- Publication dateMay 19, 2015
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- ISBN-109781608464630
- ISBN-13978-1608464630
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Editorial Reviews
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Glenn Greenwald
"Nick Turse’s investigative reporting has revealed a remarkable picture of evolving US military operations in Africa that have been concealed from view, but have ominous portent, as he demonstrates vividly and in depth.”
Noam Chomsky
"In the first book length account of AFRICOM’s operations, Nick Turse chronicles how in a very short time, Africa went from the margins of US foreign policy to be not just the warzone of tomorrow, but of today."
Sean Jacobs, international affairs faculty at The New School and founder of Africa is a Country
"U.S. military training missions, joint exercises, military aid operations in many different countries, most ruled by repressive regimes... sound like the Middle East? The Arabian Peninsula? Think again. The indispensable Nick Turse introduces us to the rapidly expanding American military footprint in Africa. It is astounding how few other journalists have paid attention to this highly important story."
Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 and King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"A dogged and intrepid journalist who won't take 'no comment' for an answer, Nick Turse has done a fantastic job of exposing the U.S. military's expansion into Africa and the proliferation of its secret missions on the continent."
Craig Whitlock, Pentagon correspondent, Washington Post
"Tomorrow's Battlefield is an urgently needed resource for all those seeking ways to end military intervention in Africa."
Lee Sustar, Socialist Worker
"Gripping and meticulous, Nick Turse’s reporting on Africa sheds much-needed light on shadowy missions the U.S. military would rather keep secret. His investigations of U.S. military missions in Africa in Tomorrow’s Battlefield reveal a secret war with grave implications for Africans and Americans, alike.
―Glenn Greenwald
"Nick Turse’s investigative reporting has revealed a remarkable picture of evolving US military operations in Africa that have been concealed from view, but have ominous portent, as he demonstrates vividly and in depth.”
―Noam Chomsky
"In the first book length account of AFRICOM’s operations, Nick Turse chronicles how in a very short time, Africa went from the margins of US foreign policy―to be not just the warzone of tomorrow, but of today."
―Sean Jacobs, international affairs faculty at The New School and founder of Africa is a Country
"U.S. military training missions, joint exercises, military aid operations in many different countries, most ruled by repressive regimes... sound like the Middle East? The Arabian Peninsula? Think again. The indispensable Nick Turse introduces us to the rapidly expanding American military footprint in Africa. It is astounding how few other journalists have paid attention to this highly important story."
―Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 and King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"A dogged and intrepid journalist who won't take 'no comment' for an answer, Nick Turse has done a fantastic job of exposing the U.S. military's expansion into Africa and the proliferation of its secret missions on the continent."
―Craig Whitlock, Pentagon correspondent, Washington Post
"Tomorrow's Battlefield is an urgently needed resource for all those seeking ways to end military intervention in Africa."
―Lee Sustar, Socialist Worker
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- ASIN : 1608464636
- Publisher : Haymarket Books (May 19, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 232 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781608464630
- ISBN-13 : 978-1608464630
- Item Weight : 9.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #723,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #384 in Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- #494 in African Politics
- #2,889 in History & Theory of Politics
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About the author

Nick Turse is a journalist, historian, and the author of Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Turse's work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Nation, among other publications. His investigations of U.S. war crimes in Vietnam have gained him a Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a fellowship at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2016Turse's usual excellent digging and reporting. Timely.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2015Tomorrows Battlefield is the winner of the 2015 American Book award Dr, Turse is sheading light on an important subject too long ignored by the American News Media. A valuable easy to read and understand discussion of what the Government of The US is doing in our name on what they hope to keep the DARK CONTENENT.
I'm looking forward to Dr. Turse's next book.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2017Repetitive in its format but probably necessarily so. Ditto for often arid prose style. Highly informative, however.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2017It's a cataloging, really, of what the USA has been doing for the past decade to ready itself for a global conflict in Africa. Much bigger, I think, than most Americans ever realized was going on.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020Like new / Never been read
- Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2015important book
- Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2015This book is poorly written and desperately tries to be an inside account of US operations in Africa, which it completely fails to be. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Specifically someone interested in U.S. Activities in Africa.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015The book is more of a listing than an actual book. Lists of military bases. Lists of weapons. He piles up circumstantial evidence which I'm sure is overwhelmingly correct in the fact that we are doing something in Africa. But what? There is no narrative to speak of and the author was unable to get any information from the stonewalling pentagon. Not surprising, but I expected more of an insider book, and a better written one. It reads like a computer manual.
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Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 20194.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
Interesting read and provides a spin on modern political and military understanding that very few people read into. Well written and informative
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JorgeReviewed in Spain on February 12, 20185.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
Very informative book about the secret war that the USA is fighting in Africa. I think it is the perfect example of the upcoming future wars that the Western world is forced to fight around the world. It's extremely well-researched and Nick Turse does an excellent job of backing up all his analyses and sources.
I really recommend it if you are interested in learning more about the future of war.




