Tomorrows battlefield posted on april 27, 2015 by derek gregory just back from the aag in chicago, where i picked up a prepublication copy of nick turse s new book, tomorrows battlefield. Proxy wars and secret ops in africa, focuses on one particular american military battlefield that often goes unnoticed. Over several visits to the country beginning in 2014, turse travelled through. Tomorrows battlefield by nick turse overdrive rakuten. Inks deal to remain in africa for decades by nick turse april 14, 2015 ich tom dispatch for three days, wearing a kaleidoscope of camouflage patterns, they huddled together on a military base in florida.
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