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Spiral : Trapped in the Forever War by Mark Danner [Danner, Mark] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Spiral : Trapped in the Forever War about?

In “a clear-eyed and shrewd examination...of how the US seems to be mired in a losing and intractable battle against global terrorism” ( Publishers Weekly ), Mark Danner describes a nation forever altered by President George W. Bush’s war of choice after 9/11. The War on Terror has led to fifteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in America’s history. Al Qaeda, the organization that attacked us on 9/11, has been “decimated” (the word is Obama’s) but replaced by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the most notorious—ISIS. Spiral , explains Mark Danner, is what we can call a perpetual and continuously widening war that has put the country in a “state of exception.” Bush’s promise that we have “taken the gloves off” and Obama’s inability to define an end game have had a profound effect on us even though the actual combat is fought by a tiny percentage of our citizens. In the name of security, some of our accustomed rights and freedoms are circumscribed. Guantanamo, indefinite detention, drone warfare, enhanced interrogation, torture, and warrantless wiretapping are all words that have become familiar and tolerated. And yet the war goes badly as the Middle East

Who reads Spiral : Trapped in the Forever War?

Author

Mark Danner [Danner, Mark]

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476747767

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Law, Military

Updated

2026-03-24