According to Brown University’s Watson Institute Cost of War project, between September 11th, 2001 and September 2021 more than 430 thousand civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen have died in the US’s post 9/11 wars.  In his latest book, Norman Solomon argues that 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan shifted America’s foreign policy. He says we are now at a perpetual state of war of which the U.S. public is largely unaware.

Norman joins Esty Dinur to discuss War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. They discuss the civilian toll of war, the role of the media in hiding the war, and the attitude surrounding war.

Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, author and activist. His previous books include the widely praised War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. A full-length documentary film, narrated by Sean Penn, was based on the book.

Solomon is the founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He is IPA’s executive director and the coordinator of its ExposeFacts program. He is co-founder and national director of the online organization RootsAction.org, which now has upwards of 1.3 million online supporters.

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