This summer's hottest launches from Nation Books are Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian and Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Army by Jeremy Scahill, in a thoroughly revised paperback edition.
Hedges, a Nation Institute Senior Fellow, kicked off his book tour on June 3 at Town Hall in New York. He will speak about his book on both coasts; the tour ends June 30.
More information on the Collateral Damage book tour.
In this devastating exposé of a military occupation gone awry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges and journalist Laila Al-Arian reveal the terrifying reality of daily civilian life in Iraq at the hands of U.S. troops. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with combat veterans, Collateral Damage represents the largest number of named eyewitnesses from within the U.S. military to have testified on the record. These veterans, many of whom have come to oppose the war, explain the tactics and operations that have turned many Iraqis against the U.S. military.
Scahill, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at the Institute, is also on a nationwide book tour, speaking at locations as diverse as Seattle, New York, San Francisco and Portland. His tour will end on July 1.
More information on the Blackwater book tour.
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is the unauthorized story of the epic rise of one of the most powerful and secretive forces to emerge from the U.S. military-industrial complex, hailed by the Bush administration as a revolution in military affairs, but considered by others as a dire threat to American democracy.
