Welcome back to SNAFUBAR. For today's episode, we will finish our three part series on Afghanistan and its relationship to the United States. Specifically from the post Cold War era to today, including the terror and deep loss of 9/11, the subsequent War on Terror, the continuing dynamic between the two countries, no matter the president and the withdrawal of troops in 2021.
This series is also the first of our "Close Look" groupings where we delve deep into one subject matter over the course of multiple episodes.
SNAFUBAR is hosted by Sara Hart, who teaches Religious Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt, and Jeff Crane who is an Environmental Historian and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Bacevich, The New American Militarism
Becker, “A Nation Challenged; Renaming an Operation to Fit the Mood”
Bergen, The Longest War, 2011.
Bin Laden, Declaration of Jihad Against Americans
Bush Jr., “Remarks by the President Upon Arrival”
Bush Jr., “Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People”
Bush Jr., “President Bush Speakers to United Nations”
Bush Jr., “President Delivers State of the Union Address”
Costs of War Project, “Human and Budgetary Costs to Date of the U.S. War in Afghanistan, 2001-2022”
Finkel, Thank you For Your Service
Johnson, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire
Miller, “Greetings America, My name is Osama bin Laden”
Nissenbaum, “Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors”
Roy, “The algebra of infinite justice”
Vine, Lists of U.S. Military Bases Abroad, 1776-2021
Purkiss and Serle, “Obama’s Covert Drone War in Numbers: Ten Times More Strikes Than Bush”
Zenko, “Obama’s Final Drone Strike Data”
Friedersdorf, “Calling U.S. Drone Strikes ‘Surgical’ is Orwellian Propaganda”
Scahill, “The Assassination Complex”
Research and writing for the show is done by Liam Salcuni and Roman Sotomayor
SNAFUBAR is produced by Abigail Smithson and brought to you by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt.
