Guest: Max Blumenthal, author, journalist, podcaster Recorded: April 26, 2019For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode #179 with guest Max Blumenthal talking about his controversial new book "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS and Donald Trump" — about the US empire's cynical instrumentalization of jihadi extremists beginning in Afghanistan through Syria, and the political blowback from allying with and empowering jihadi extremists: rising Islamophobia, rising Nativism, and the destabilization of both targeted countries around the globe and destabilized democracies in the West. The full interview with Max runs over 2 hours of jaw-dropping revelations & analysis . . .Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here on our patreon page, to listen to the entire episode 179 and all previous locked episodes. Depending on your pledge, you can also get our downloadable RSS feed for your podcast app, the Radio War Nerd Newsletter, Show Notes and more...  Buy Max Blumenthal's new book "The Management of Savagery". Read his investigative reporting at The Grayzone. Follow Max on Twitter. And check out Max & Ben Norton's podcast, Moderate Rebels.