Jeremy Scahill

Blackwater

The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the private security company Blackwater USA, including the background of its founder; its relationship with the United States government; and its role in the Iraq War, the cleanup of Hurricane Katrina, and the War on Terror.

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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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nation Books
• Revised, Updated edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Altersempfehlung: ab 13 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 141mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781568583945
• ISBN-10: 156858394X
• Artikelnr.: 23112172

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Scahill is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestsellers Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army and Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield. He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. He is a co-founder of The Intercept and has served as the National Security Correspondent for the Nation magazine and Democracy Now! Scahill is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award. He is a producer and writer of the award-winning film Dirty Wars, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
Author's Note
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Preface: Making a Killing
CHAPTER ONE THE LITTLE PRINCE
CHAPTER TWO BLACKWATER BEGINS
CHAPTER THREE FALLUJAH BEFORE BLACKWATER
CHAPTER FOUR GUARDING BUSH'S MAN IN BAGHDAD
CHAPTER FIVE SCOTTY GOES TO WAR
CHAPTER SIX THE AMBUSH
CHAPTER SEVEN "WE WILL PACIFY FALLUJAH"
CHAPTER EIGHT NAJAF, IRAQ: 4.04.04
CHAPTER NINE "THIS IS FOR THE AMERICANS OF BLACKWATER"
CHAPTER TEN MR. PRINCE GOES TO WASHINGTON
CHAPTER ELEVEN CASPIAN PIPELINE DREAMS
CHAPTER TWELVE BLACKWATER'S MAN IN CHILE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN "THE WHORES OF WAR"
CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE CRASH OF BLACKWATER 61
CHAPTER FIFTEEN COFER BLACK: THE GLOVES COME OFF
CHAPTER SIXTEEN DEATH SQUADS, MERCENARIES AND THE "SALVADOR OPTION"
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN JOSEPH SCHMITZ: CHRISTIAN SOLDIER
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN BLACKWATER DOWN: BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU
CHAPTER NINETEEN "THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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Meticulously researched and fascinating ... Scahill does a fine job Sunday Times