Nick Turse
Nick Turse
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Full Name and Common Aliases
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Nick Turse is a renowned American journalist, historian, and author. His full name is Nicholas Xiusi Turse.
Birth and Death Dates
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Born on October 27, 1975, in New York City, USA. (Still alive)
Nationality and Profession(s)
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American, Journalist, Historian, Author
Early Life and Background
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Growing up in a family of activists and artists, Turse was exposed to the world's injustices from an early age. His parents, both educators and writers, instilled in him a strong sense of social responsibility. This upbringing would later influence his work as a journalist and historian.
Turse grew up on Long Island, New York, where he developed a passion for writing and storytelling. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, graduating with a degree in English Literature.
Major Accomplishments
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Turse's investigative reporting has led to numerous awards and recognition, including:
The 2007 Project Censored Award for "Best Investigative Journalism" for his piece on US war crimes in Vietnam.
The 2011 Izzy Awards "Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Media"
Turse's research and writing have been instrumental in shedding light on the US military's actions, particularly in Southeast Asia:
He is a leading expert on the Vietnam War and its ongoing legacy.
His work has exposed war crimes, human rights abuses, and cover-ups committed by the US government.
Notable Works or Actions
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Turse is the author of several books, including:
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives (2008)
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (2013)
Tomorrow's Guerrilla: The Anti-Terrorist Leanings of the US Militarization of Space
Turse has written for prominent publications, such as:
The Nation
TomDispatch
The Los Angeles Times
Impact and Legacy
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Nick Turse's work has had a significant impact on public discourse and understanding of war and its consequences. His investigative reporting has:
Exposed US war crimes and human rights abuses in Vietnam and other countries.
Highlighted the ongoing legacy of the Vietnam War and its effects on American society.
Contributed to the development of critical thinking about war, militarism, and imperialism.Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
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Turse is widely recognized for his:
Unflinching commitment to exposing the truth about US military actions and their consequences.
Unwavering dedication to shedding light on human rights abuses and war crimes.
Ability to connect the dots between historical events, government policies, and their ongoing impact on society.
Turse's work serves as a reminder that history is not just a series of dry facts but a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape our world today. His writing and reporting inspire critical thinking and spark important conversations about war, power, and accountability.
Quotes by Nick Turse
In Vietnam, the statistically minded war managers focused, above all, on the notion of achieving a “crossover point”: the moment when American soldiers would be killing more enemies than their Vietnamese opponents could replace.
The true purpose of the various directives, regulations, and pocket-sized codes of conduct handed out to troops was not to implement genuine safeguards for noncombatants, but to give the military a paper trail of plausible deniability.
Producing a high body count was crucial for promotion in the officer corps. Many high-level officers established “production quotas” for their units, and systems of “debit” and “credit” to calculate exactly how efficiently subordinate units and middle-management personnel performed. Different formulas were used, but the commitment to war as a rational production process was common to all.11.
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.
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not.
It turns out that, if you want to know what the U.S. military is doing in Africa, it's advantageous to be connected to a large engineering or construction firm looking for business.
The Obama presidency has seen the U.S. military's elite tactical forces increasingly used in an attempt to achieve strategic goals. But with Special Operations missions kept under tight wraps, Americans have little understanding of where their troops are deployed, what exactly they are doing, or what the consequences might be down the road.
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.
U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government watchdog agency, a failure to effectively combat piracy despite an outlay of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and a failure to confront corrupt African leaders who enable piracy in the first place.
Without a clear picture of where the military's covert forces are operating and what they are doing, Americans may not even recognize the consequences of and blowback from our expanding secret wars as they wash over the world.