Blood Year: Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror by David Kilcullen

Lobster Issue 71 (Summer 2016)

[PDF file]: […] Iran notes that ‘those of us who served in Iraq always saw Iranian actions as aggressive – understandably, I guess, since they were doing their best to kill us’; but then he goes on to acknowledge ‘….that Tehran’s motivation to acquire nuclear weapons, sponsor terrorists, launch covert operations and expand its influence across the […]

Tokyo legend? Lee Harvey Oswald and Japan

Lobster Issue 70 (Winter 2015)

[PDF file]: […] to write what became Legend at a time when the CIA was under intense scrutiny for a series of illegal activities, most famously a CIAMafia plot to kill Fidel Castro. The political climate led to investigations by the Senate Church Committee and the creation of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). The CIA […]

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