The Wrong “American War”? (Book Review)
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Title
ChimesFreedom
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
American War: A novel is getting well-deserved positive reviews. El Akkad is a Canadian-Egyptian journalist who makes terrific use of his foreigner’s objectivity towards the U.S. and the harrowing experience he’s made reporting from some of the world’s intractable conflicts.
El Akkad brilliantly converts most of our contemporary pathologies into grist for the book’s plot: drone wars and torture; refugee camps and foreign-supported insurrections; and the obvious nod to today’s seemingly irreconcilable hostility between “reds” and “blues.”
Recommended Citation
Russell A. Miller, The Wrong "American War"? (Book Review), ChimesFreedom (Jul. 21, 2017) (reviewing Omar El Akkad, American War: A Novel (2017)), http://www.chimesfreedom.com/2017/07/21/wrong-american-war-book-review-guest-post.