Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War - Softcover

" "Mark Danner s Spiral" lays bare the way a jihadist strategy of provocation, playing on America s infinite capacity for oversimplification and overreaction, sucked the United States into endless wars. This is a book that must be read, debated, and deeply understood if we are ever to extricate ourselves from the world of quagmires created by the global War on Terror. --Christopher Dickey, Foreign Editor of The Daily Beast"

In Mark Danner s eloquent and unsparing analysis, America s War on Terror has degenerated into a downward spiral that has tarnished its laws, its reputation and its soul. There is no better account of what the forever war has done to this country and what we need to do to get the battle against terrorism onto the right track. --Michael Ignatieff Edward R. Murrow Professor, Harvard Kennedy School"

Mark Danner has long been both an eyewitness to the wars of our time and an erudite analyst of the illusions behind them. But above all, in this wise and eloquent new book, he is a humanist and patriot appalled at how far his own country has gone off the rails. --Adam Hochschild, author of Spain in Our Hearts"

Mark Danner s Spiral lays bare the way a jihadist strategy of provocation, playing on America s infinite capacity for oversimplification and overreaction, sucked the United States into endless wars. This is a book that must be read, debated, and deeply understood if we are ever to extricate ourselves from the world of quagmires created by the global War on Terror. --Christopher Dickey, Foreign Editor of The Daily Beast"

In the growing mountain of books coming out about the War on Terror, Mark Danner s Spiral is the one you have to read. In a small book, Danner offers clarity to the complicated with a combination of tough-minded reporting and an elegant sense of classical tragedy. Spiral will make you angry, make you sad, and make you understand. --Mark Kurlansky, author of Paper: Paging Through History"

In this important book, Mark Danner shows how the War on Terror has become not just perpetual but self-perpetuating a series of misconceived policies that, designed to prevent attacks, have only bred more. Spiral is an excellent metaphor, and with force and passion, he suggests a way out. --Michael Massing, author of Now They Tell Us: The American Press and Iraq"

"Mark Danner's Spiral lays bare the way a jihadist strategy of provocation, playing on America's infinite capacity for oversimplification and overreaction, sucked the United States into endless wars. This is a book that must be read, debated, and deeply understood if we are ever to extricate ourselves from the world of quagmires created by the 'global War on Terror.'"--Christopher Dickey, Foreign Editor of The Daily Beast

"In Mark Danner's eloquent and unsparing analysis, America's War on Terror has degenerated into a downward spiral that has tarnished its laws, its reputation and its soul. There is no better account of what 'the forever war' has done to this country and what we need to do to get the battle against terrorism onto the right track."--Michael Ignatieff Edward R. Murrow Professor, Harvard Kennedy School

"In the growing mountain of books coming out about the War on Terror, Mark Danner's Spiral is the one you have to read. In a small book, Danner offers clarity to the complicated with a combination of tough-minded reporting and an elegant sense of classical tragedy. Spiral will make you angry, make you sad, and make you understand."--Mark Kurlansky, author of Paper: Paging Through History

"In this important book, Mark Danner shows how the War on Terror has become not just perpetual but self-perpetuating--a series of misconceived policies that, designed to prevent attacks, have only bred more. Spiral is an excellent metaphor, and with force and passion, he suggests a way out."--Michael Massing, author of Now They Tell Us: The American Press and Iraq

Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for three decades, covering Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker, and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Bard College and speaks widely about America's role in the world. Among his books are Spiral, Stripping Bare the Body, Torture and Truth, and The Massacre at El Mozote.