| Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army Revised, Update Edition Contributor(s): Scahill, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 156858394X ISBN-13: 9781568583945 Publisher: Bold Type Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: An extraordinary expos by one of America's young radical journalists, this is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, where Blackwater executives are hailed as heroes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011) - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 355.354 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.20 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The groundbreaking bestselling expose of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's name. On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square, leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled Baghdad's Bloody Sunday, was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U.S. soldiers. The shooters were private forces, subcontractors working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide, led by Erik Prince Award-winning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to reveal the frightening new face of the U.S. military machine, and what happens when you outsource war.A crackling expose -- New York Times Book Review Scahill] is a one-man truth squad -- Bill Moyers An] utterly gripping and explosive story -- Naomi Klein, The Guardian |