Water torture has been a US military staple since the beginning of the 20th century.

The American system of suffering, from 1965 till now.

How the empire changed its face, but not its nature.

The US military has maintained a global inventory of more than 1,000 foreign bases, writes Turse.

The US has been training, advising and conducting joint exercises all over the world with “proxy war on its mind”.

US military operations on the continent have accelerated far beyond the more limited actions of the Bush years.

War, in the form of proxies, drones and special ops, has accelerated around the globe under the Obama administration.

The US Army’s Sergeant Major says the US won the war in Iraq – but makes several awkward caveats.

The presence of US forces in dozens of countries across the global South makes the world more volatile, says author.

Special US commandos are deployed in about 75 countries around the world – and that number is expected to grow.