Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 4:05 p.m.
David Vine is Professor of political anthropology at American University in Washington, DC. David's newest book, 'The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State,' was just published by the University of California Press. 'The United States of War' is the third in a trilogy of books about war and peace. The other books in the trilogy are 'Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World' (Metropolitan/Henry Holt, 2015) and 'Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia' (Princeton University Press, 2009). David's other writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. David is a board member of the Costs of War Project and a co-founder of the Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition. David is a contributor to TomDispatch.com and Foreign Policy in Focus. All royalties from David's books and all speaker honorariums are donated to the Chagossian people and nonprofit organizations serving other victims of war.