American War by Omar El Akkad Book Club Questions: 1. The novel’s epigraphs draw from an ancient Arabic book of poems and the Bible, framing the conflict in a way that echoes historical narratives of resistance and divine justification for ecological destruction similar to We will be Jaguars. How does this literary choice challenge or reinforce Western-centric views of war and resistance, and what does it suggest about the colonial power (coloniality) in the narrative of the Second American Civil War? 2. The war in American War is triggered by a ban on fossil fuels, a policy that disproportionately dehumanizes the Southern states, mirroring historical patterns of extraction where colonial and imperial powers imposed economic restrictions on occupied regions. How does the novel depict the South’s resistance as a form of anti-colonial struggle, and in what ways does this reflect real-world dynamics of resource control and resistance? 3. The use of unmanned drones, referred to as "...