Uncovering the US’s dirty military secrets

A powerful, if dense, analysis of the US's many hushed-up little conflicts

US president Barack Obama addresses a group of US Marines at Camp Pendleton base in California in August 2013 Picture: Getty
A drone delivering MQ-9 Reaper aircraft during a training exercise at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada Picture: Getty

Current affairs/non-fiction; The Assassination Complex; By Jeremy Scahill and the staff of The Intercept; Serpent’s Tail, €12

Some years ago, Fintan O’Toole half-jokingly made the suggestion that editors ought to get rid of all the picture ...