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Nick Turse, born in 1975, is an accomplished journalist known for his focus on the deployment and impact of American military forces worldwide, particularly their effects on civilian life. Turse's work often uncovers the truths behind military operations, earning him widespread acclaim.

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“If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.”

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“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.”

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“Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep - not once in a blue moon, but once a month or a week or a day.”

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“The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.”

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“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.”

Source: Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

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Born: 1975
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