Common Dreams cited Costs of War contributor David Vine on the potential for a U.S. war against Iran.  
          
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        Costs of War
          
         
        David Vine
            
                            Research Interests
                      
            
  refugees and displacement,   military bases,   war and peace,   Militarization
          
          
          
          
          
        Biography
David Vine is a political anthropologist and writer. David is the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace including "The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State," which was a finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. The other books are "Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia" and "Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World." David was a professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, DC, for 18 years (2006-2024), achieving the rank of full professor in 2018. See davidvine.net and basenation.us for more information.