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Essential reading on havoc of ‘war on terror’
Andrew Murray reviews Blood Year by David Kilcullen and Chaos and Caliphate by Patrick Cockburn
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
• Blood Year, David Kilcullen (Hurst Publishers, £9.99)
• Chaos and Caliphate, Patrick Cockburn (OR Books, £18)
THIS is, as Patrick Cockburn notes, an “age of chaos and war” in the Middle East.
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