From
the acclaimed veteran political analyst, a searing new exposé of how
the American military, with the help of the media, conceals its
perpetual war
“No
one is better at exposing the dynamics of media and politics that
keep starting and continuing wars. War
Made Invisible
will provide the fresh and profound clarity that our country
desperately needs.” —Daniel Ellsberg
More
than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into
motion a hugely consequential shift in America’s foreign policy: a
perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the
American public. War
Made Invisible,
by the journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, exposes how
this happened, and what its consequences are, from military and
civilian casualties to drained resources at home.
From
Iraq through Afghanistan and Syria and on to little-known deployments
in a range of countries around the globe, the United States has been
at perpetual war for at least the past two decades. Yet many of these
forays remain off the radar of average Americans. Compliant
journalists add to the smokescreen by providing narrow coverage of
military engagements and by repeating the military’s talking
points. Meanwhile, the increased use of high technology, air power,
and remote drones has put distance between soldiers and the civilians
who die. Back at home, Solomon argues, the cloak of invisibility
masks massive Pentagon budgets that receive bipartisan approval even
as policy makers struggle to fund the domestic agenda.
Necessary,
timely, and unflinching, War
Made Invisible
is an eloquent moral call for counting the true costs of war.
